Tsukiji market's final year-opening tuna auction in Tokyo
Kiyoshi Kimura (C), who runs the Sushi Zanmai chain sushi restaurant, poses with a tuna cutting knife in front of his the bluefin tuna he bid on in the final year-opening auction at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Japan, 05 January 2018.
A bluefin tuna, with a weight of 405 kg, was sold for about 36,500,000 yen (about 320,000 US dollar) in the year-opener auction. This year's top per kilogram price, for a smaller tuna, was 1,419 US dollar per kilogram, paid by Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs the Sushi Zanmai chain sushi restaurant.
Tuna fish brokers check the quality of a bluefin tuna in the final year-opening auction at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Japan, 05 January 2018. A bluefin tuna, with a weight of 405 kg, was sold for about 36,500,000 yen (about 320,000 US dollar) in the year-opener auction. //EPA-EFE PHOTO
Tuna fish brokers check the quality of bluefin tuna in the final year-opening auction at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Japan, 05 January 2018.//EPA-EFE PHOTO
A market official calls for bidding on frozen bluefin tuna in the final year-opening auction at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Japan, 05 January 2018. A bluefin tuna, with a weight of 405 kg, was sold for about 36,500,000 yen (about 320,000 US dollar) in the year-opener auction. // EPA-EFE PHOTO
Tuna fish brokers check the quality of frozen bluefin tuna in the final year-opening auction at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Japan, 05 January 2018. // EPA-EFE PHOTO