Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they’ve paid 207m yen ($1.3m; £1m) for a bluefin tuna which is concerning the dimension and weight of a motorcycle.
The sale is the second highest value ever paid on the annual new 12 months public sale at Toyosu Fish Market within the Japanese capital.
Onodera Group, which had the successful bid, stated the tuna – which weighs in at 276kg (608lb) – could be served at its Michelin-starred Ginza Onodera eating places, in addition to Nadaman eating places throughout the nation.
“The primary tuna is one thing meant to herald success,” Onodera official Shinji Nagao advised reporters after the public sale, information company AFP reported.
Mr Nagao added that he hoped individuals would eat the tuna – caught off the Aomori area in northern Japan – and “have an exquisite 12 months”.
The group has paid the highest value within the Ichiban Tuna public sale for 5 years straight.
Final 12 months, it forked out 114m yen for the highest tuna.
The very best public sale value since comparable information started in 1999 was 333.6m yen in 2019 for a 278kg bluefin.
It was paid by self-styled Japanese “Tuna King” and sushi restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura.
Toyosu fish market, which opened in 1935, claims to be the largest fish market on the planet, and is thought for pre-dawn day by day tuna auctions.
However tuna was not the one catch on supply on Sunday, with Hokkaido sea urchins additionally fetching a record-breaking 7m yen based on the Japan Instances.
