The main building complex of Yanagibashi Central Market, a fish market a short walk from Nagoya Station, will close at the end of this month due to deterioration, ending its run of more than 50 years.
Amid the continuing decline in the popularity of seafood, the association of the facility's owners, which is made up of wholesalers, decided to sell the building to a land developer, with some of them choosing to quit the business entirely.
After giving the issue much thought, Kozo Nomura, 72, closed Nomura Marine Products, his tuna wholesale store in the complex, on Oct. 12.