Motorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m

Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they’ve paid 207m yen ($1.3m; £1m) for a bluefin tuna which is in regards to the measurement and weight of a bike.

The sale is the second highest worth ever paid on the annual new yr public sale at Toyosu Fish Market within the Japanese capital.

Onodera Group, which had the successful bid, mentioned the tuna – which weighs in at 276kg (608lb) – can be served at its Michelin-starred Ginza Onodera eating places, in addition to Nadaman eating places throughout the nation.

“The primary tuna is one thing meant to usher in success,” Onodera official Shinji Nagao instructed reporters after the public sale, information company AFP reported.

Mr Nagao added that he hoped individuals would eat the tuna – caught off the Aomori area in northern Japan – and “have a beautiful yr”.

The group has paid the highest worth within the Ichiban Tuna public sale for 5 years straight.

Final yr, it forked out 114m yen for the highest tuna.

The best public sale worth since comparable information started in 1999 was 333.6m yen in 2019 for a 278kg bluefin.

It was paid by self-styled Japanese “Tuna King” and sushi restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura.

Toyosu fish market, which opened in 1935, claims to be the largest fish market on the earth, and is understood for pre-dawn each day tuna auctions.

However tuna was not the one catch on supply on Sunday, with Hokkaido sea urchins additionally fetching a record-breaking 7m yen in line with the Japan Instances.