Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, teach a man to bid on an even bigger fish and feed hundreds of hungry sushi customers. Kiyoshi Kimura, the self-proclaimed 'sushi king,' spent big money on a massive bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sunday, with a bid of
Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, teach a man to bid on an even bigger fish and feed hundreds of hungry sushi customers.
Kiyoshi Kimura, the self-proclaimed"sushi king," spent big money on a massive bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sunday, with a bid of 193 million Japanese yen, nearly $1.8 million, according to Kyodo News. The whopping silver-scaled bluefin fish, caught off the northern Aomori region of Japan, weighed in at 276 kg , which was the first bluefin tuna of the New Year sold at auction.Kimura, the president of Kiyomura Corp. who operates the Sushi-Zanmai restaurant chain in Tokyo, spent the second-highest price on record for a single fish.A sushi chef holds up the head of a bluefin tuna at a restaurant in Tsukji market area in Tokyo, Sunday, Jan.
— jmarine January 5, 2020 Kimura also spent top dollar for a 278 kg tuna that he paid 2.4 million pounds for last year, according to The Times of London. "Yes, this is expensive, isn’t it? I want our customers to eat very tasty ones this year too," he said at the market, according to The Times.Diners can get a taste of Kimura's big purchase at his restaurant’s main location in Tokyo.
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