Foreign tourists irk Japanese fishermen by licking their tuna By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO - Tourists are known for acting silly, but licking the tuna? Overwhelmed by a growing number of misbehaving tourists, Tokyo fishmongers banned all visitors from one of the city's most popular tourist destinations - the pre-dawn tuna auctions at the world's largest seafood market. The ban, imposed during the peak New Year buying season, was front-page news before it was lifted last week. Now, the tourists are back, but the debate goes on: Can tourists be trusted around the tuna? "We understand that the sight of hundreds of frozen tuna looks unique and interesting for foreign tourists," said Yoshiaki Takagi, deputy director of the market. "But they have to understand the Tsukiji market is a professional place, not an amusement park." One of the more notorious recent cases was that of a tipsy British tourist - caught on tape by a Japanese TV crew - who licked the head of a frozen tuna and patted its gill. Two others, also caught on video, rode around on a cart used by wholesalers. "Get out! Get out!" an irate market official shouted in English. Fed up, the market decided to impose the ban. So, when on Jan. 5, a premium bluefin tuna fetched 9.63 million yen - more than $107,000, the highest price in nearly a decade - no tourists were anywhere in sight. The restriction was lifted on Jan. 19, despite some grumbling from the fishmongers.

Get 'em Yoshiaki-san!  I vote in favor of Japanese Fishermen!!

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Tuna is serious business.

i love travelling but i hate, HATE tourists

I just got back from Japan today. Damn they love their porn.

Tuna or porn? You're confusing me.

I eat tuna, but um, i dont you know...lick it

 I was about 12 when my dad got a job in in Japan, I remember that you could walk pretty much into any shop in Akihibara and you were greeted with porn lol... I think it kickstarted puberty for me lol.

I think tourists are just horrid. I hate tourists. I think those japanese fishermen should undertake a great purge and cleanse the waters of the meddlesome tourists.

Right on. Yeah I'd love to go to Japan, but I hate tourists too! I wouldn't be a tourist, more like a visitor.

Well it turns out that Japan and Korea are a lot different from eachother... I took some DVD's out of some of the porn mags that are everywhere in Japan so that I could terrorize my girlfriend with them (She hates the sexism and girl sexualization over here) and had them in my coat pocket when I got off the ferry in Korea. Turns out porn is illegal here and they had to be confiscated and destroyed. The look on her face when they pulled porn out of my pocket was priceless though, so I guess I got to torture her with it after all.

And yeah, they're Tuna is a big deal over there too (now I'm back on topic.