Bluefin tuna pulls in $1.79 million at first Toyosu auction of 2020
A Tokyo-based sushi chain operator landed the big catch of the day for the second year in a row at this year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in the capital's Koto Ward on Jan. 5.
Kiyomura Corp., which operates the Sushizanmai chain, placed a winning bid of 193.2 million yen ($1.79 million) for a bluefin tuna weighing 276 kilograms.
I placed a bid in the hopes of giving the best tuna to our customers, said Kiyomura President Kiyoshi Kimura. I would like our customers to have sushi as much as possible.
The bidding price was the second-highest ever after Kiyomura shelled out 333.6 million yen for a 278-kilo tuna in the first auction of 2019.
Both tuna were caught off Oma, Aomori Prefecture. Kiyomura is a familiar face in the annual bidding war, winning the New Year's auction for six consecutive years until 2017.
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