US EditionBluefin Tuna Sells for $1.3 Million at Tokyo's New Year Auction
- A bluefin tuna sold for 207 million yen at a fish market in Tokyo, marking the second highest price on record.
- The previous record was set in 2019 when a bluefin tuna sold for 333.6 million yen.
- Fisherman Masahiro Takeuchi described the tuna as 'as fat as a cow' after it was caught on Saturday morning.
- Shinji Nagao, a sushi restaurant operator, said, 'The year's first tuna brings good luck. We want to make people smile with food.
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'Fat as a Cow': Motorcycle-Sized Bluefin Tuna Sells for $1.3M in Tokyo Auction
A bluefin tuna sold for 207 million yen (around $1.3 million) at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sunday, the second-highest amount recorded since the auction started collecting data in 1999.
Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at auction
Kyodo/via Reuters via CNN Newsource Tokyo (CNN) — A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs Onodera Group claimed the 608-pound (276-kilogram) fish with its million-dollar bid at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on January 5, Japanese news agency Kyodo…
Fish as Big as a Grizzly Sells for $1.3M
It's as long as a motorcycle and weighs just as much, but it sold for far more. The annual new year auction of a bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Toyosu market went to a familiar name on Sunday: Michelin-starred sushi chain operator the Onodera Group, which won the auction for its...
Buyer splashes out US$1.3 million for Tokyo new year tuna
TOKYO: The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market said they paid US$1.3 million for a tuna on Sunday (Jan 5), the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi restauranteurs the Onodera Group said they paid 207 million yen for the 276kg bluefin tuna, roughly t
Onodera group bids $1.3m for bluefin tuna at tokyo's new year auction
At Tokyo's prestigious annual New Year auction, Onodera Group, a Michelin-starred sushi chain, bid 207 million yen ($1.3 million) for a 276kg bluefin tuna. This marks the second-highest price ever paid at the auction since comparable data started being collected in 1999. The tuna, weighing roughly the size of a motorbike, was purchased on Sunday, making it a significant moment in the opening auction of the year at Tokyo's main fish market. Onode…
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