'Simply, customers stopped coming... I'm very sad. I'm angry at the virus.' Tokyo's world-famous fish market is almost empty as locals and tourists stay away
Some of the market vendors tell CNN that their business is down by 70-80%.Rebecca Wright/CNN
"I came three years ago and I couldn't walk , and now it's barely anyone," says Colombian tourist Andres Bitar . But how long it survives depends on how long it takes for the coronavirus crisis to end, Furusawa says.Off the main streets of the Tsukiji market are several dark, narrow alleys which are crammed with dozens of small sushi joints -- also suffering from the economic contagion of the coronavirus.
But the situation is likely to deteriorate further, as experts say the impact of the coronavirus crisis is far from over.
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