tuna bought in Tokyo for two.8 million euros | EUROtoday

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The promoting worth of a tuna within the well-known public sale at the start of the 12 months updates the all-time report on the Tokyo fish market.

A 243 kilogram specimen, caught off the coast of Omain Aomori Prefecture, was bought for 510.3 million yenequal to roughly 2.8 million euros, establishing the historic report for the reason that starting of the surveys in 1999.

The purchaser is the Japanese firm Kyomura which manages the Sushizanmai sushi chainand the bluefin tuna might be sliced ​​within the historic location of Tsukiji and distributed nationwide, retaining retail costs unchanged regardless of the millionaire costs bought at public sale.

“The first tuna of the year brings good luck. We want as many people as possible to taste it and feel energized,” President Kiyoshi Kimura advised native media on the finish of the occasion.

The supply considerably exceeds the earlier report of 333.6 million yenrecorded in 2019 on the event of the primary switch of the market from Tsukiji to Toyosu, east of the capital.