An article from the LA Times about the problems at the Tsukiji fish market:
Every day, hundreds of tourists in Japan gather in the predawn gloom to witness one of the most popular events on the Tokyo tourist agenda: the daily tuna auction at the Tsukiji fish market. Clogging busy travel arteries, tourists gawk at the sheer size of a market as big as 43 football fields. Each year it handles tens of millions of visitors and 600,000 tons of seafood in 480 varieties -- 1 of every 5 fish caught on the planet.
But some visitors misbehave (one tipsy female tourist stripped naked as her male friends hauled her around on a wooden handcart used by wholesalers), infuriating market officials so much they recently closed Tsukiji (pronounced skee-jee) to outsiders for several weeks during the busy New Year's buying season.
A funny quote from the article:
"Tuna are like humans" says 52-year-old buyer Osamu Maruyama, in a red jumpsuit soiled by blood and fish guts. "Some are tall, some skinny, some are fat. I look for the young fresh ones. The elderly tuna are not so fresh. It's the same with people."
Full Article:
At Japan's famed Tsukiji fish market, some tourists stink - Los Angeles Times