“Tuna reaches US$787,000 at first auction of year in Tokyo”| Daily list

The bluefin tuna was sold for 114 million yen (about $787,000) this Friday in the traditional first auction of the year. Toyosu Marketin TokyoFourth highest price in its history.

The price paid for the 238-kilogram fish was more than three times the price paid last year for a 212-kilogram specimen, which sold for 36.04 million yen (about $273,000).

Today’s Assumptions Fourth highest price Records have since been set in 1999 and the 100 million yen ($690,000) barrier has been crossed for the first time in four years.

YamayukiA famous wholesale broker based on Tokyoand the Ginza Onodera chain, which has establishments in the Japanese capital and branches China and the US., made the largest joint bid to acquire tuna caught in the waters near the port of Oma in Aomori Prefecture (northern Japan), where the world’s best specimens are considered to swim to make sushi.

This is the fourth consecutive year in which both companies have pJoint bid to obtain sample.

“I was worried about which tuna we should bid on, but freshness and good color were the deciding factors. Japanese tuna and sushi “They’re attracting a lot of attention from people around the world and thanks to these fishermen for the high prices they get,” Yukitaka Yamaguchi, president of wholesaler Yamayuki, said in statements reproduced by state broadcaster NHK.

During today’s auction, a minute’s silence was also observed for the victims of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the west coast of central Japan this Monday, leaving 92 dead and 242 missing.

He Tuna auction record Held by Red tuna It reached 333.6 million yen (about $2.52 million) in its first auction of 2019, the first auction held in Toyosu since it was moved there from its previous location in the nearby Tsukiji neighborhood.

This in the last 15 years First auction of the year

Astronomical figures have been reached for the best pieces because many have seen in it an opportunity to generate massive media attention that compensates for the enormous cost of obtaining a product considered “Hatsumomo” (first of the season), which attracts a lot. of customers. Japanese customer.