@book {109396,
	title = {Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World},
	year = {2004},
	publisher = {University of California Press},
	organization = {University of California Press},
	abstract = {Located only blocks from Tokyo{\textquoteright}s glittering Ginza, Tsukiji--the world{\textquoteright}s largest marketplace for seafood--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-tech and pre-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--who has spent a dozen years doing fieldwork at fish markets and fishing ports in Japan, North America, Korea, and Europe--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.},
	author = {Theodore C. Bestor}
}
