Japan's Tsukiji Market urges tourists to avoid visiting in year-end

TOKYO — The Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward, a popular tourist spot crowded with food shoppers and inbound visitors, has issued an unusual request this month asking tour operators to refrain from guiding tourists there toward the end of the year to avoid causing problems. The request came about due to dangerous situations that occurred around year-end in previous years, when the market, located near the now-closed Tsukiji wholesale food market, became so packed with tourists that some people were injured. The Tsukiji Food Town Development Council, a nonprofit organization formed by people associated with the outer market, […]...Keep on reading: Japan's Tsukiji Market urges tourists to avoid visiting in year-end

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