On the morning of the 5th at Toyosu Market in Tokyo, the New Year's annual "first auction" was held, and bluefin tuna landed at Oma Port in Aomori Prefecture were auctioned off for more than 20 million yen.
At Toyosu Market in Koto-ku, Tokyo, the New Year's annual "first auction" was held on the morning of the 5th.
In the Toyosu market, since market participants have confirmed the infection of the new coronavirus one after another, measures such as limiting the number of people who can participate in the auction have been taken.
Raw and frozen tuna brought from ports all over the country are lined up at the tuna wholesale area, and before the auction, a representative of the wholesaler said, "The infection of the new corona continues to spread, but all markets are for marine products. We will fulfill our duty of stable supply, "he said, and all the people involved closed the door and prayed for the prosperity of the business for the year.
Then, when the auction started at the signal of the bell after 5 am, big tuna were auctioned off one after another with the dashing calls of the traders.
The highest price of this year is that the bluefin tuna weighing 208 kg landed at Oma Port in Aomori Prefecture was auctioned off by a wholesaler in the market for 20.84 million yen.