Toyosu Market
Sprawling wholesale seafood complex with a glass-walled deck for watching the pre-dawn tuna auction.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Toyosu Market in Tokyo starts at the glass wall over the tuna auction floor, then turns to what sits beneath it: a former Tokyo Gas plant site, and the contamination officials found there when they tested the soil years later. You'll hear how a construction company's promise to seal the ground went wrong, how the discovery collided with the historic Tsukiji market's planned move here, and how governor Yuriko Koike responded when the scandal broke in January 2017. It follows the site through the years of pumping and testing that came next.
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