The 612-pound tuna had to be wheeled into its new owner’s sushi restaurant on a low platform, its mouth agape. Sushi chain owner…
The 612-pound tuna had to be wheeled into its new owner’s sushi restaurant on a low platform, its mouth agape.
Sushi chain owner Kiyoshi Kimura purchased the immense Pacific bluefin tuna in an auction on Saturday at a Tokyo fish market. The fish sold for a record 333.6 million yen, more than $3 million, the Associated Press reported .
The Kiyomura Corp., which Kimura runs, footed the bill at over $5,000 per pound. The fish usually sells for up to $40 per pound, though the price can fluctuate to more than $200 per pound. The gigantic tuna will translate to more than 12,000 pieces of sushi for the company’s Sushi Zanmai chain.
« The tuna looks so tasty and very fresh, but I think I did (pay) a little too much, » Kimura told reporters outside the Tokyo market, according to Reuters.
