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Yoga event in Tokyo

Yoga event in Tokyo

People practice yoga at event held at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on June 21, 2025, the United Nations-designated International Day of Yoga.

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Yoga event in Tokyo

Yoga event in Tokyo

People practice yoga at event held at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on June 21, 2025, the United Nations-designated International Day of Yoga.

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Foreign tourists hit record high in April

Foreign tourists hit record high in April

Foreign tourists walk in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on May 21, 2025. The number of foreign tourists to Japan came to a monthly record 3,908,900 in April.

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Foreign tourists hit record high in April

Foreign tourists hit record high in April

Foreign tourists walk in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on May 21, 2025. The number of foreign tourists to Japan came to a monthly record 3,908,900 in April.

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Foreign tourists hit record high in April

Foreign tourists hit record high in April

Foreign tourists walk in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on May 21, 2025. The number of foreign tourists to Japan came to a monthly record 3,908,900 in April.

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Press conference on the Tsukiji area community development project

Press conference on the Tsukiji area community development project

Press conference on the redevelopment of the former Tsukiji market site. Photo: Takashi Ueda, president of Mitsui Fudosan Co. =May 1, 2024, in Tokyo

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Press Conference on the Tsukiji Area Urban Development Project

Press Conference on the Tsukiji Area Urban Development Project

Press conference on the redevelopment of the former Tsukiji market site and the decision of the project proponent. Photo shows, from right, Toyota Fudosan President Tomohide Yamamura, Mitsui Fudosan President Takashi Ueda, and Yomiuri Shimbun Group President Toshikazu Yamaguchi. =May 1, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (C) attends the funeral of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima on Jan. 24, 1971, at Tokyo's Tsukiji Hongwanji temple.

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MERRY-GO-ROUND SUSHI

MERRY-GO-ROUND SUSHI, Sushi Restaurant, Counter, Conveyor belt sushi, Kittokito Sushi, Bikkuri Sushi, Conveyor belt sushi Torachan, Conveyor belt sushi Tsukiji Honten, Restaurant, Conveyor belt sushi stand manufacturing, Lane manufacturing, Conveyor manufacturing, Plate, Tokuno Nobuo-san, One-pot, Conveyor belt barbeque, Lane barbeque, Conveyor belt yum cha=Date:1998, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN

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Int'l Day of Yoga event in Tokyo

Int'l Day of Yoga event in Tokyo

People practice yoga during an event hosted by the Indian Embassy in Japan to mark the U.N.-designated International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2023, at Tokyo's Tsukiji Hongwanji temple.

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Para powerlifting event in Japan temple

Para powerlifting event in Japan temple

Hiroshi Miura, who competed in the Tokyo Paralympics, takes part in a para powerlifting invitational event held at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Para powerlifting event in Japan temple

Para powerlifting event in Japan temple

A competitor takes part in a para powerlifting invitational event held at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A cook shows customers meat from a 269-kilogram bluefin tuna at a sushi bar in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on Jan. 5, 2012, after its operator bought the fish earlier in the day for a record 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kilogram, at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji.

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Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A 269-kilogram bluefin tuna is cut up at a sushi bar in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on Jan. 5, 2012, after its operator bought the fish earlier in the day for a record 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kilogram, at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji.

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Tuna auctioned off for record price at Tsukiji market

Tuna auctioned off for record price at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, head of Kiyomura Co., operator of the Sushi-zanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses with a 269-kilogram bluefin tuna he bought for a record 56.49 million yen at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, commonly known as Tsukiji market, in Tokyo early in the morning on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Year's 1st tuna auction at Tsukiji market

Year's 1st tuna auction at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Wholesale dealers and purchasers check the conditions of tuna ahead of the year's first auction at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, commonly known as Tsukiji market, in Tokyo early in the morning on Jan. 5, 2012. A 269-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, was sold for 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kg, shattering the previous record of 32.49 million yen, or 95,000 yen per kg.

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First fish auction of 2005 held at Tsukiji market

First fish auction of 2005 held at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Tuna sold at the first fish auction of 2005 at Tokyo's Tsukiji wholesale market are seen before shipping Jan. 5. A 234-kilogram tuna fetched 5,850,000 yen in the auction.

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Tsukiji market scenes ahead of relocation

Tsukiji market scenes ahead of relocation

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 6 Kyodo - A person examines a tuna lined up for auction at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2018, ahead of its relocation to the nearby Toyosu waterfront district, drawing the curtain on 83 years of history.

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Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - A 405-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture that fetched 36.45 million yen ($323,000) is pictured at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2018. The market was holding its final New Year auction.

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Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Tuna are lined up for auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2018. The market was holding its final New Year auction.

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Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - A 405-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture that fetched 36.45 million yen ($323,000) is pictured at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2018. The market was holding its final New Year auction.

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Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Tuna are auctioned at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2018. The market was holding its final New Year auction.

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Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Tuna are lined up for auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2018. The market was holding its final New Year auction.

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Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

Tsukiji fish market holds final New Year auction

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Tuna are lined up for auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2018. The market was holding its final New Year auction.

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Tsukiji fish market to be redeveloped after relocation

Tsukiji fish market to be redeveloped after relocation

TOKYO, Japan, June 20 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends a press conference on June 20, 2017, in Tokyo, announcing the metropolitan government will seek to redevelop the Tsukiji fish market site in five years, after moving the market to a designated relocation site in the nearby Toyosu area as planned.

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Olympics: Mori speaks about Tokyo Gov. Koike

Olympics: Mori speaks about Tokyo Gov. Koike

TOKYO, Japan, June 20 Kyodo - Tokyo Olympic organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 20, 2017, after Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced her plans for the relocation of Tsukiji fish market and the opening of the No. 2 ring road between the Olympic Park and the Olympic village by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Mori said, "I cannot help but wonder why it took her this long to reach a decision. It's a bit disappointing."

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Tsukiji fish market to be redeveloped after relocation

Tsukiji fish market to be redeveloped after relocation

TOKYO, Japan, June 20 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike concludes a press conference in the capital on June 20, 2017, during which she announced the metropolitan government will seek to redevelop the Tsukiji fish market site in five years, after moving the market to a designated relocation site in the nearby Toyosu area as planned.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a 180-kg bluefin tuna that fetched 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co., poses for photos with a 180-kg bluefin tuna for which he made a successful bid for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co., poses for photos with a 180-kg bluefin tuna for which he made a successful bid for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Journalist visits whale meat shop to examine theory of food culture

Journalist visits whale meat shop to examine theory of food culture

TOKYO, Japan - Journalist Junko Sakuma visits a whale meat store in the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward for her research into the consumption trend of whale meat in Japan.

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Fish from Fukushima Pref.'s Iwaki to be shipped to Tsukiji

Fish from Fukushima Pref.'s Iwaki to be shipped to Tsukiji

IWAKI, Japan - Workers in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, prepare the first shipment of fish to Tokyo's Tsukiji market on May 8, 2014, following the 2011 nuclear accident. The fish were caught in trial operations.

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Fish from Fukushima Pref.'s Iwaki shipped to Tsukiji

Fish from Fukushima Pref.'s Iwaki shipped to Tsukiji

IWAKI, Japan - Fishing port workers in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, sort out fish on May 8, 2014, before Iwaki's first shipment to the Tsukiji market in Tokyo following the nuclear disaster in the prefecture. The fish were caught in trial operations.

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Bikini Atoll radiation survivor continues antinuclear fight

Bikini Atoll radiation survivor continues antinuclear fight

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows officials measuring radiation levels of a tuna landed at the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo from the Fukuryu Maru No. 5 on March 16, 1954. The tuna fishing boat was exposed to nuclear fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1 that year, while fishing about 160 kilometers east of the atoll.

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Japanese keep flocking to fresh tuna eatery

Japanese keep flocking to fresh tuna eatery

TOKYO, Japan - Long lines of people regularly form in front of a "stand and eat"-style eatery serving "maguro-don," or a bowl of rice topped with sliced raw tuna, outside the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Sushi made from a bluefin tuna that was bought for 7.36 million yen in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014, is offered later the same day at the nearby flagship restaurant of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura (R), the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, gives a thumbs up next to a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, that he successfully bid 7.36 million yen for in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Children eat sushi made from a bluefin tuna at the flagship restaurant of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2014. The fish was bought earlier in the day for 7.36 million yen in the first auction of the year at the nearby Tsukiji fish market.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses with a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, that he successfully bid 7.36 million yen for in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of the year is held at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014. A 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 7.36 million yen, or 32,000 yen per kilogram.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of the year is held at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014. A 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 7.36 million yen, or 32,000 yen per kilogram.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura (R), the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, gives a thumbs up next to a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, that he successfully bid 7.36 million yen for in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014.

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Octopus from Fukushima

Octopus from Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - A broker examines octopus from a fisheries cooperative in Fukushima Prefecture at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2013. Fishermen in the prefecture on Sept. 25, 2013, restarted operations suspended in late August due to contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant leaking into the ocean.

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Bluefin tuna catch

Bluefin tuna catch

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2013 shows a bluefin tuna bought during the year's first auction at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tokyo's Tsukiji district. The International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean has compiled a report calling for a cut in the Pacific bluefin tuna catch and other measures to improve stocks, sources close to the matter said on Aug. 6, 2013.

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Funeral for Nagisa Oshima

Funeral for Nagisa Oshima

TOKYO, Japan - Film director Yoichi Sai arrives at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo, the venue of the main funeral service for Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima held on Jan. 22, 2013. Oshima, known for directing "In the Realm of the Senses" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," passed away at the age of 80 on Jan. 15.

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Funeral for Nagisa Oshima

Funeral for Nagisa Oshima

TOKYO, Japan - The main funeral service for Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima is held at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2013. The film master, known for directing "In the Realm of the Senses" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," passed away at the age of 80 on Jan. 15.

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Wake for Nagisa Oshima

Wake for Nagisa Oshima

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Takeshi Kitano attends a wake for fellow moviemaker Nagisa Oshima at Tsukiji Hongan-ji temple in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Oshima, known for directing "In the Realm of the Senses" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," died of pneumonia on Jan. 15 at the age 80.

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