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Tuna sells for record 333.6 million yen at Toyosu Fish Market auction in Tokyo
投稿日 2019年1月6日 22:00:10 (ニュース)
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The prized catch was served up at Sushi Zanmai branches around Japan.
In Japan, the start of the year comes with a number of ceremonial “firsts”, with the word “hatsu” (“first”) used to mark important New Year events and activities like hatsuhinode (first sunrise), hatsumode (first shrine visit), and even hatsuyume (first dream).
For many fresh produce wholesalers, the first working day of the year kicks off with the hatsuseri (“first produce auction”), and the one that gets the most attention from local and international media year after year is the tuna auction run by the world’s largest wholesale fish and seafood market in Tokyo.
▼ The scene before the auction began this year.
今年の初競りはどうかねー #豊洲市場 https://t.co/cwjCsGrIts
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築地の傭兵(ゴム長) (@oshilow) January 04, 2019
After many years at Tsukiji, the fish market relocated to a new facility at Toyosu in October, so people around Japan were particularly keen to see what the first tuna auction of the year at the new location would bring, and the highest price fetched was beyond everyone’s expectations.
▼ Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke to market sellers on the first day.
明けましておめでとうございます。
本日は、 #豊洲 の #初荷 です。
#小池百合子 #知事 も来て、盛り上がっていました。 https://t.co/hD9odXVu0f
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大川水産 【公式】 (@ohkawa_koubou) January 05, 2019
The auction began at 5:10 a.m. on 5 January, with 1,295 tuna (72 more than last year) being auctioned off in a series of calls and hand signals.
Shortly afterwards, one man came out victorious, setting a new record for a tuna sold at the market, after purchasing a 222-kilogram (489.4-pound) bluefin tuna for 333.6 million yen (US$3.1 million). The prizewinning catch came from off the coast of Oma in Aomori, an area known for having large, high-quality tuna.
▼ The most expensive tuna in the world.
平成最後❤️
豊洲市場初荷マグロ❤️
大間産 本鮪278キロ
3億3千3百60万円❤️
おめでとう㊗️
#豊洲市場
#マグロ
#平成最後 https://t.co/a4gygfBm9X
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Ichi-Naoto (@IchiNaoto) January 05, 2019
The winning bidder was Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of the popular Sushi Zanmai chain, who earned himself the nickname “Tuna King” after setting a previous record at the auction in 2013, when he purchased a 222-kilogram bluefin tuna for 155.4 million yen.
▼ Like Colonel Sanders, Kimura has a statue of himself outside many of his restaurants.
すしざんまいに来ました。
#すしざんまい https://t.co/OpbiLMPZ8M
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かずりんは10トンママ (@KazKaz1211_322) January 04, 2019
Speaking to reporters after the auction, Kimura said: “The price was higher than I thought it would be, but the tuna I bought is the absolute finest. I want my customers to eat excellent tuna, and I was able to buy the freshest and most exceptional tuna.”
豊洲市場の初セリに向かうすしざんまいの社長がいたw #初セリ #すしざんまい #豊洲市場 https://t.co/gJgnt0R12H
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きんぞうプロ (@kinzouPRO) January 04, 2019
Kimura received a superstar-like welcome when he arrived for work at the main branch of Sushi Zanmai in Tsukiji after the auction.
3億円あったらLガス何個買えるかなぁ…。
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#ドリスピ
#すしざんまい
#やりすぎて会社潰すなよ
#近くにすしざんまいないけどね https://t.co/dPnyNylrtw
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Kyo (@FD3S_333) January 06, 2019
▼ People gave him high-fives and posed with him for pictures.
#すしざんまい を展開の #築地喜代村 の #木村清 社長 #平成最後 の #豊洲市場 での #一番マグロ を #3億3千万円 でゲット
なんと本日 #すしざんまい本店 で解体し通常価格でご提供です
このマグロを食して… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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映画 サムライマラソン ホラーちゃんねる出演の ますいたかみち エキストラの帝王(大林宣彦監督公認) (@aib2NAlqUXZShTC) January 04, 2019
▼ Crowds came to visit Sushi Zanmai and view the tuna, which was displayed in the front window.
初セリ3億超えの鮪は築地に来てますよ!
賛否あるでしょうが築地推しの木村社長らしいと思ってます!
#初セリ
#鮪
#築地場外市場 https://t.co/0zPKDLyjuy
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田所悟 (@tadokorosatoru) January 04, 2019
According to customers who ate there later that day, the tuna sashimi from the fish was delicious.
3億3000万円大間マグロの一切れを食したぞ!チェーン店でこのクオリティはあり得ない^_^ #すしざんまい https://t.co/i80PT2odAm
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ZEN (@ZEN_02H) January 05, 2019
▼ “Tastes like 3 million yen”
ふむ´•ᴥ•`
3億の味がするな(๑´•.̫ • `๑)
#まぐろざんまい
#すしざんまい
すしざんまい、本マグロ3億3360万円で落札 豊洲初競りで史上最高値 huffingtonpost.jp/2019/01/04/tun… https://t.co/WaMKiuksa2
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おはよウナギ (@ohayounagihiro) January 05, 2019
Kimura’s 333.6 million purchase works out to be 1.2 million yen per kilo for the 278-kilogram fish, making it equivalent in value to roughly 70 kilograms of gold. This is the highest bid on records, which date back to 1999.
Bluefin tuna is prized around the world, but experts warn growing demand has made it a vulnerable species. In response to concerns surrounding the growing scarcity of the fish, governments around the world, including Japan, have agreed to fishing restrictions and strict quotas in order to replenish levels by 2034.
Sources: NHK, Mainichi Shimbun
Featured image: Twitter/@FD3S_333
Source: SORA NEWS24
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