Japanese sushi restaurant breaks all records by buying $3.2 million worth of tuna

 

Japanese sushi restaurant breaks all records by buying $3.2 million worth of tuna

A Japanese sushi restaurant has broken all previous records by buying a large tuna fish worth $ 3.2 million from a fish market.

According to the news agency AFP, the Pew Charitable Trust's international fisheries team presented the news of the fish auction to highlight the fact that the number of 'bluefin tuna' in the Pacific is increasing, which was previously declining rapidly.

The sushi restaurant chain called 'Tuna King' made the highest bid at the Tokyo fish market for a 243-kilogram fish caught off the northern coast of Japan.

“I thought we would be able to buy a little cheaper, but the price goes up before you know it,” restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura said after the auction.

“I was surprised by the price, I hope more people will gain energy from eating great tuna,” he told the media.

The New Year’s auction price of 510 million yen (Japanese currency) was the highest since 1999.

In 2019, a 278-kilogram bluefin tuna was sold for 333 million yen.

The highest bidder paid 207 million yen for a 276-kilogram bluefin last year.

The tuna was sliced ​​into sushi immediately after this year’s auction, selling for about 500 yen, or three dollars, per roll.

"I feel like I started the year by eating something really good," 19-year-old Minami Sugiyama told AFP, sitting at a table at Kimura's restaurant in Tsukiji. Fellow customer Kiyoshi Nishimura agreed.