Massive tuna goes for $1.3 million at Japan auction
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During the auction held at the Japanese fish market in Tokyo, a company spent seven drams to acquire a huge tuna.
According to a translated press release, the £600 worth of tuna went to Japan’s Onodera Group, which runs sushi restaurants and businesses in other industries.
A staggering offer of $1.3 million (207 million yen) brought the company massive bluefin tuna.
A bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, bought earlier for $1.3 million, is shown to the media after the first tuna auction of the New Year at Tokyo’s Toyosu Market on January 5, 2025. (via STR/Jiji Press/AFP Getty Images/Getty Images)
The seven-figure sale was part of Toyosu Market’s first tuna auction of 2025, Onodera Group said in a press release. It was held on Sunday.
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Japan’s national tourism organization calls Toyosu Market “the world’s largest fish market.” People sell tuna and other seafood there, as well as fruits and vegetables.
Onodera Group reported that it has harvested the first tuna for five consecutive years.This was also done in 2018, according to the company’s press release.
In the past 26 years, the market has seen only one other New Year’s tuna fetch more than this year’s $1.3 million. AFP reports. It is reported that the fish sold in 2019 cost 333.6 million yen.
Shoppers at the first tuna auction of the year at Toyosu Market in Tokyo on January 5, 2025. (David Mareuil/Anadolu via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“The first tuna is something that is meant to bring good luck. Our wish is that people eat this and have a great year,” Onodera’s Shinji Nagao said over the weekend, according to AFP.
Thirteen from the company’s Ginza Onodera sushi restaurants According to the Onodera Group, it will take out $1.3 million worth of tuna.Many Ginza Onodera locations have received Michelin stars over the years.
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