Media were invited to a tuna auction at Tsukiji fish market on Friday, a day before the public gets its last chance to attend the famous Tokyo institution at its current site before it is relocated in October.At the 6 a.m. auction, 253 frozen tuna were up for grabs, with voices of auctioneers and bidders ringing out across the arena. The first 120 visitors were admitted for free and the market was already at full capacity by 2 a.m.Enthusiastic tourists, many foreign, recorded the action with their smartphones, capturing the end of an era.The 83-year-old Tsukiji, one of the world's largest f…READ FULL ARTICLE
