According to the Central News Agency, the Fengzhou market in Tokyo, Japan, held the first tuna auction of the new year on the morning of the 5th. The highest auction price was the bluefin tuna caught ashore from Aomori Daima port, with a tail of 193.2 million yen (about 12.45 million yuan), the second highest price record over the years.
On January 5, 2020, the first tuna auction of the new year was held at the Fengzhou market in Tokyo, Japan. A 276kg bluefin tuna sold for 193.2 million yen, the second highest in history.
According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), the Fengzhou market held its first new year's bidding for Linghe times in the early morning of the 5th. In the tuna wholesale market, you can see many tuna lined up. In his speech, the representative of the wholesale industry said that he hoped to see a bumper tuna harvest and booming business on the bidding field this year.
At about 5 a.m., the tuna bidding operation began, the bidding voice rose and fell one after another, and many bluefin tuna were bid one after another. The most expensive one is the 276kg bluefin tuna caught ashore from Dajian port, Aomori county. It was photographed by Kimura Qing, President of sushi samadhi company, a sushi chain located in Zhuji, with a price of 193.2 million yen (700000 yen per kg), second only to the highest price last year.
Kimura said that this is the first bidding of the era. He is very happy to shoot the bluefin tuna with the largest tail. Although the price is a little expensive, he hopes to provide customers with the best tuna. You are welcome to eat delicious tuna in his sushi restaurant.
The tuna with the highest price in the new year last year also came from Dajian port, Aomori county. A 278 kg bluefin tuna was sold for 333.6 million yen (1.2 million yen per kg), which was also won by Kimura.
Tsukiji market, originally located in the Central District of Tokyo, moved to Fengzhou market in October 2018. Today is the second spring festival bidding held by Fengzhou market.