It means more than a doubling of the previous record of 155 million yen in 2013.
the Buyer, who took home the rare expensive fish is the restaurant owner and self-proclaimed tonfiskkungen Kiyoshi Kimura.
– It is the best tuna. I managed to buy a delicious, superfärsk tuna, ” says Kimura.
He acknowledges, however, that the price was a little higher than he intended.
Tsukiji fish market which opened in 1935, it was moved to new premises in 2018, since the old site is condemned by both the fire and public health reasons.
bluefin tuna is highly overfished and should not be eaten, according to the WWF.
