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A Bear-Sized Bluefin Tuna Fetches $1.3 Million At A Tokyo Fish Market
Traditionally held on the morning of January 5, it’s a lively and dynamic event in which shouting bidders vie for giant bluefin tuna, which often fetches exceptionally high prices. This year is ...
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Giant bluefin tuna the size of a motorcycle sells for $1.3 million in Tokyo
Michelin-starred sushi restauranteurs the Onodera Group said they paid 207 million yen for the 608-pound bluefin tuna, roughly the size and weight of a motorcycle. It is the second highest price ...
New York Post26d
Giant tuna the size of a motorcycle sold to sushi restauranteurs in Tokyo for $1.3 million
only beat out by a 612lb bluefin tuna from 2019. REUTERS The highest auction price since the auction started recording its winners in 1999 was a 612lb bluefin tuna sold for 333.6m yen, or a ...
CNN26d
Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at Japan auction
A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new ...
San Diego Reader3d
San Diego, look to the bluefin
At one time, San Diego was known as the “tuna capitol of the world,” with two of the nation’s largest canneries right here ...
BBC on MSN27d
Motorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m
Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they have paid 207m yen ($1.3m; £1m) for a bluefin tuna which is about the size and weight of a motorbike. The sale is the second highest price ever paid at the annual ...