'fat As A Cow': Motorcycle-sized Bluefin Tuna Sells For $1.3m In Tokyo Auction

A bluefin tuna sold for 207 cardinal yen (around $1.3 million) astatine Tokyo's Toyosu nutrient marketplace connected Sunday, nan second-highest worth ever recorded since nan auction started collecting accusation successful 1999.

Michelin-starred sushi concatenation operator, Onodera Group, and seafood wholesaler Yamayuki co-purchased nan 608-pound (275 kilogram) Bluefin.

The fisherman who caught nan motorcycle-sized tuna, 73-year-old Masahiro Takeuchi, told Japan news outlet, KYODO News, that nan nutrient was "as fat arsenic a cow."

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"It's for illustration a dream. I'm ever worried astir really galore overmuch years I tin do this job, but I'm incredibly happy," he said.

The Onodera Group has won nan auction for nan past 5 years.

"The first tuna is meant to bring bully fortune," Onodera Group President Shinji Nagao told reporters aft nan auction. "Our dream is that by eating this tuna everyone will personification a bully year."

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The astir costly tuna went for $3.1 cardinal (333.6 cardinal yen) successful 2019 for a 278-kilogram (around 612 pounds). The auction first opened successful 1935.

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