Tokyo’s top bidders said they paid US$ 1.3 million for a tuna on Sunday ( Jan 5 ), which is the second-highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction.
Michelin-starred rice restauranteurs the Onodera Group said they paid 207 million yen for the 276kg bluefin fish, roughly the size and weight of a bicycle.
It is the second-highest price ever paid at Tokyo’s key fish market’s opening auction since similar data began to be gathered in 1999.
The wealthy consumers have now received the highest value in Japan thanks to their successful five-year tenure of obtaining media attention and soaring media acclaim.
After the bidding, Onodera standard Shinji Nagao stated to the media that the first tuna was intended to bring great fortune. We hope that people will consume this and have a great year.