A Bluefin tuna was sold for almost €1.3 million at the traditional New Year's tuna auction in Tokyo, Japan.
The prestigious Michelin-starred sushi restaurant Onodera Group paid 207 million yen (about 1.28 million euros) for the 276-kilogram fish caught in Oma in the northern province of Aomori, AFP reported.
"The first tuna is supposed to bring good luck," Shinji Nagao, managing director of Onodera Food Service, said after the auction.
"Our wish is that people eat it and have a wonderful year," he added.
Last year, the restaurateur spent almost half as much (114 million yen) on the centerpiece.
But the record amount remains that of 333.6 million yen (2.7 million euros at the time) for a 278-pound fish in 2019, paid by the self-proclaimed "tuna king" Kiyoshi Kimura, who has long reigned over this symbolic event in Japan. | BGNES
Bluefin tuna sold for almost 1.3 million euros at auction in Japan
