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Frozen Corpse Murder Case

Yamamura Masao

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This is the Tsukiji main branch of the Tokyo Central Wholesale Market, also known as the "Ugawa Bank". The Sumida River flows in front of it, with a tributary of the Tsukiji River on the left and the main stream of the Tsukiji River on the right. The wholesale market covers an area of ​​225,000 square meters, about three times the size of Korakuen Stadium. It is responsible for providing ingredients for the kitchens of 280,000 people in the Kanto Economic Circle, with an annual trade volume of approximately 800,000 tons. It can be said that more than 90% of the fish in Tokyo are supplied here. On this day, at around 10:30 pm on September 30th, a large refrigerated truck from Shiogama Port in Miyazaki Prefecture drove into the parking lot of the wholesale market. The truck was marked with the four characters "Sanriku Fisheries". Parking time is from 10 to 12 o'clock every night. In the large parking lot that can accommodate up to 4,500 vehicles, thousands of refrigerated trucks from fishing grounds across the country are parked.