New Year's auction
1.28 million euros paid for tuna in Tokyo
A top price has been achieved at the New Year's auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo. Sushi restaurant operator Onodera paid 207 million yen (around 1.28 million euros) for a 276 kilogram bluefin tuna on Sunday.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen This is the second-highest price ever achieved at the annual auction.
Lucky charm for the new year
The Michelin-starred Onodera Group has thus paid the highest price at the auction in each of the past five years. The size and weight of the auctioned fish is roughly equivalent to that of a motorcycle. "The first tuna is something that is supposed to bring good luck," Onodera representative Shinji Nagao told journalists after the auction. "We wish that people will eat this and have a wonderful year," he added.
Since 1999
Last year, Onodera paid 114 million yen for the most expensive tuna. The highest price ever paid at the Tokyo New Year's auction in 2019 was for a 278-kilogram bluefin tuna. The self-proclaimed "Tuna King" Kiyoshi Kimura, operator of the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain, paid 333.6 million yen at the time.
The data has been collected since 1999. During the coronavirus pandemic, prices for tuna at the annual auction fell significantly due to the associated restrictions for restaurants.
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