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gone fishin · 01-05-2013, 11:07 PM

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:

01-05-2013, 11:07 PM	#1
gone fishin Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Burlington Posts: 2,290	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:
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