@book {64801,
	title = {Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World},
	year = {2004},
	month = {Jul 1, 2004},
	publisher = {University of California Press},
	organization = {University of California Press},
	abstract = {Located only blocks from Tokyo{\textquoteright}s glittering Ginza, Tsukiji\&mdash;the world{\textquoteright}s largest marketplace for seafood\&mdash;is a prominent landmark, well known but little understood by most Tokyoites: a supplier for countless fishmongers and sushi chefs, and a popular and fascinating destination for foreign tourists. Early every morning, the worlds of hi\&$\#$45;tech and pre\&$\#$45;tech trade noisily converge as tens of thousands of tons of seafood from every ocean of the world quickly change hands in Tsukiji{\textquoteright}s auctions and in the marketplace{\textquoteright}s hundreds of tiny stalls. In this absorbing firsthand study, Theodore C. Bestor\&mdash;who has spent a dozen years doing fieldwork at fish markets and fishing ports in Japan, North America, Korea, and Europe\&mdash;explains the complex social institutions that organize Tsukiji{\textquoteright}s auctions and the supply lines leading to and from them and illuminates trends of Japan{\textquoteright}s economic growth, changes in distribution and consumption, and the increasing globalization of the seafood trade. As he brings to life the sights and sounds of the marketplace, he reveals Tsukiji{\textquoteright}s rich internal culture, its place in Japanese cuisine, and the mercantile traditions that have shaped the marketplace since the early seventeenth century. },
	url = {http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8737.html},
	author = {Bestor, Theodore C.}
}
