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A company spent seven figures to acquire a giant tuna during an auction held at a Japanese fish market in Tokyo over the weekend.
The 600-plus-pound tuna went to the Onodera Group, a Japanese company that operates sushi restaurants and businesses in other sectors, according to a translated press release.
A staggering $1.3 million (207 million yen) bid landed the company Giant Bluefin Tuna.
Oma, a bluefin tuna from Aomori Prefecture, which was bought earlier in the day for $1.3 million, is presented to the media after the first tuna auction of the New Year on Jan. 5, 2025, at Tokyo's Toyosu Market. (STR/GG Press/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The seven-figure sale was part of Toyosu Market's first tuna auction of 2025, Onodera Group said in a press release. Held on Sunday.
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The Japan National Tourism Organization calls Toyosu Market “the largest fish market in the world”. People sell tuna and other seafood there as well as fruits and vegetables.
Onodera Group said it scored first tuna for five consecutive years. It did so in 2018 as well, according to the company's press release.
In the past 26 years, the market has seen only one New Year's tuna fetch more than this year's $1.3 million. AFP reported. The fish sold in 2019 was reportedly worth 333.6 million yen.
Buyers during the first tuna auction of the year at the Toyosu Market in Tokyo on January 5, 2025. (David Marewill/Anadolu via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“The first tuna is something to bring good luck. Our wish is that people will eat it and have a great year,” Onodera's Shinji Nagao said over the weekend, according to AFP.
Company Ginza Onodera thirteen Sushi restaurant According to the Onodera Group, the meat will be dished up from the $1.3 million tuna. Multiple Ginza Onodera locations have received Michelin stars over the years.