Tuna $3600.00 per pound.
 

Saturday, January 5, 2013 3:41pm PST

Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76 million in Japan; sushi anyone?

By: David Strege

Just off the press.. How about that one freak??

Japan was abuzz after a prized bluefin tuna weighing 489 pounds was sold for a record $1.76 million at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Saturday. Kiyoshi Kimura, who is president of Kiyomura Co. and the Sushi-Zanmai sushi restaurant chain, bought the massive fish at $3,600 per pound.

Let's repeat that, shall we? That's $1.7 million--or roughly the price of a mansion in most states--for a fish. That's one expensive hunk of sushi. Watch as Kimura escorts the fish to his restaurant amid a horde of media before cutting it up and serving the sushi-starved patrons:

For $3,600 bucks a pound I can get a lot more mileage out of The Capital grille and a really primo call girl with a limo.

You know, I never get into politics here but this is just F&%$#ING stupid. There are people in NY and NJ that are having a hard time making ends meet because of Sandy and these nitwits are paying $3600 a pound to eat raw fish. I am at a total loss to understand the logic here.

This is an annual game that is played in Tokyo by some sushi restaurant owners as free PR. Yes a very expensive game but basically a business decision by a restaurant owner to get his place on the front page of the newspapers...

I never thought of it that way.but it makes sense,Pretty pricey marketing leverage.

If I remember correctly they also see it as a sign of good luck for the rest of the season(getting the first bft ).
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It is purely a publicity stunt. Every year there is a new record price. Compared to $4 million for a 30 second superbowl add, it is a bargain.

Ah, I get it Chris. I didn't know.

"Market Price" :hihi:

-spence

Too Freikin Funny! :rotf2:

It is a cultural thing for them
Thete is "great honor" and prestige to have the first fish of the new year. I read or saw something in years past. I think it is a religious thing also.
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After seeing that article, I wonder how many commercial permits will be purchased this year?

Some people from ABTA (American Blue fin tuna Assn) told me this is not just a game it is a vertically integrated buy. The boat/seller is usually part of the same parent company that owns the restaurant that buys the first fish.

Firms up my theory that people....really are dumb!:uhuh:

Going broke....not so much prestige! :rotf2:

Based on that article - it would be easy to jack the commercial permit prices up to $5000.00. What do they cost now?

DZ

How many people are still feelingf the effects of the Japan earthquake?
You know, the one that f**ked up their nuclear powerplant?

We don't have a stronghold on wasteful spending just for publicity and "so called" luck!