Activities And Achivements
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September 15, 2018 Today is the last chance to tour the Tukiji Wholesale Market with JAFPE members!
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2The Tsukiji Market, or the so-called “inner market” at Tsukiji, Tokyo, is to close for relocation to Toyosu in October, 2018. Now is the time to experience at first-hand what the historical food market is like.
The inner market is part of Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market. The market deals with two primary lines of food: fish/seafood and fruits/vegetables, served at hundreds of intermediate wholesaler stalls. Fruits/vegetables section rebuilt in 60’s to 70’s consists of reinforced concrete structures, while the world-famous fish/seafood section, just across a few forklift lanes, still remains as two enormous steel structures full of Bauhaus-like charms built in the mid 30’s.
The traffic is incredible. The aisles appear even chaotic. But everybody seems having fun.The best review on the market in architects’ point of view is available at:
https://archleague.org/article/tokyos-pantry-tsukiji-and-the-commodification-of-market-culture/ More info at:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/05/national/history/tokyos-famed-tsukiji-fish-market-opened-wake-kanto-quake-nears-final-day/
JAFPE participants: 14
JAFPE participants: 14
