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Tsukiji fish market vendors move to Toyosu in huge fleet of turret trucks【Pics & Video】

Oona McGee Oct 10, 2018
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Pre-dawn scenes played out like a parade for the Tsukiji fish market workers.

On Saturday, Tokyo’s iconic Tsukiji Fish Market, the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world, closed its doors after 83 years of business at its Tsukiji location.

It was a momentous moment that marked the end of an era for Japan’s capital city, and people descended on the area with cameras to record the events of the day. However, early the next morning, the Tsukiji market vendors were back at work, this time making the move to the new location at Toyosu in spectacular fashion, with a fleet of turret trucks spotted leaving Tsukiji at roughly 4 a.m.

築地から豊洲へ！#築地市場 #Tsukiji #ターレ pic.twitter.com/hIhRVRmLvl

— Kiyotaka Uchino (@k_uchino) October 6, 2018

These turret trucks have been part of the Tsukiji Market scene for decades, zipping through narrow aisles and thoroughfares around the expansive facility. On Sunday morning though, fishmongers drove the transport vehicles out of the market for the last time, making their way to a nearby bridge which had been closed to traffic for the move.

https://twitter.com/kitatetsu_jjjj/status/1048703745998053376

Hundreds of fishmongers made their way across the bridge in orderly fashion, on a 2.3-kilometre (1.4-mile) journey to the market’s new location at Toyosu.

#築地市場 #豊洲市場ターレ移動
いい経験っした pic.twitter.com/vxro229b3G

— sashi (@tacosashi) October 6, 2018

ターレのお引越し pic.twitter.com/SyOFSRfjhM

— スコット (@soultrain46) October 6, 2018

It was a massive and well-organised operation, as turret trucks moved in several fleets, with each fleet taking approximately 10 minutes to make the journey over the bridge.

築地市場から豊洲市場へのターレの移動。第一陣は10分ほどで通り過ぎて、あとは数台ずつ通っていくだけになっちゃった。意外と分散するんだな。#築地市場 #築地市場引っ越し #豊洲市場 pic.twitter.com/fpeoH9IdP3

— ちゃっぴー (@chappie001400) October 6, 2018

築地市場から豊洲市場へのターレの大移動とやらを見るために早起きしました pic.twitter.com/LIs06EjegM

— のびお (@fsccore) October 8, 2018

今朝のターレ大移動。晴海地区を無事に通過しました。早朝からたくさんの人が見に来てますね！ #築地市場 #豊洲市場 pic.twitter.com/pmHzQaOAnE

— 晴海地区情報⚓ (@harumichiku) October 7, 2018

The pre-dawn move continued past sunrise, with turret trucks coming over the slope of the bridge across the Sumidagawa river and towards waiting photographers, who were eager to capture images of the drivers.

築地から豊洲へターレの大移動
脳内でずっと西部警察のワンダフルガイズが再生されていました。 pic.twitter.com/0i8NM8xm7R

— わるくないみや (@warukunaimiya) October 6, 2018

ターレの大移動
新天地を目指して

築地から豊洲へ pic.twitter.com/1lRQAm7Zpd

— ⊿(トライアングル) (@62KN31414) October 7, 2018

閉場した #築地市場から豊洲大橋を渡って #豊洲市場に移動する「#ターレ」の列です。１１日の開場に向け、引っ越し作業が続いています。 pic.twitter.com/hgIgK8Haf5

— 東京新聞写真部 📸 (@tokyoshashinbu) October 7, 2018

It became something of an impromptu parade for the heroes of the fish market, and while some tried their best to ignore the media, others lapped up their celebrity moment, giving out waves to the crowd.

築地市場から豊洲市場への引越しのため、豊洲大橋を渡る「ターレ」の車列 pic.twitter.com/zObR0BWGiB

— Clara Kreft (@808Towns) October 7, 2018

豊洲市場です。ターレ乗ってる人って、本当にいい顔してると思う。たぶん、生涯一度のドライブ、いかがだったでしょうか。 pic.twitter.com/NsYnI4tiyd

— 豊洲市場担当記者@日刊食料新聞 (@nikkan_toyosu) October 6, 2018

ターレ大移動、異様にハイテンションだった梅村屋軍団。きょうのニュースの主役に当確でしょう。しかし、カメラ目線で片手運転でカーブに突っ込むという、腕に自信のある人でないと出来ない芸当です。皆様、決して無理に目立とうとせず、安全第一でお願いします。 pic.twitter.com/LFpY6nIqFi

— 豊洲市場担当記者@日刊食料新聞 (@nikkan_toyosu) October 6, 2018

The move was so impressive it appeared on televised news reports around the country.

ターレの大移動w
まるでパレードだなw pic.twitter.com/xLK2oa6e4I

— DJ.King@夏野王子 (@King1dj) October 6, 2018

豊洲への引越しで、ターレーが集団で公道走ってるのカッコイイ･･･ pic.twitter.com/8P6ZhSGM0L

— ねこだ。 (@nakamoco) October 7, 2018

築地から豊洲へ
ターレットトラック大移動！ヽ(´ー｀)ノ pic.twitter.com/3g9ZgaT65l

— りん@ぎふ (@Rin01812) October 6, 2018

In total, approximately 2,600 turret trucks and forklifts will make the move to Toyosu, and 5,300 two-tonne trucks will carry cargo and other equipment from the Tsukiji site to the newly built market facility.

▼ The new indoor market looks entirely different to the open-air layout at Tsukiji.

豊洲市場の開場は10/11です。引越しお手伝い中😉#ターレ pic.twitter.com/U3y4mYjSLf

— 篠田小百合 (@sayurishinoda) October 8, 2018

While the move has been marred by controversy and fears about the new facility, everyone in Tokyo is hoping that the market’s opening in less than two days will go smoothly for the fishmongers. About 900 intermediate wholesalers are scheduled to open for business at the Toyosu fish market on October 11, and to tourists on October 13 at 10 a.m.

Source: Matomedane
Featured image: Twitter/@tokyoshashinbu