Photo Gallery: The Great Tokyo Fish Market
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A torrent of transactions wrings sweat from auctioneer Masami Eguchi, who sells 200 tuna in half an hour, or about one every nine seconds. "I have to recognize the highest bidder instantly," Eguchi says. "No delays are allowed."

— From "Tsukiji: The Great Tokyo Fish Market," November 1995, National Geographic magazine
Photograph by James L. Stanfield

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