On the morning of the 5th, the annual New Year's auction was held at Toyosu Market in Tokyo, where bluefin tuna landed at Oma Port in Aomori Prefecture were auctioned off for the highest price of 36.04 million yen.
At Toyosu Market in Koto Ward, Tokyo, the annual New Year's "first auction" was held on the morning of the 5th.
Fresh and frozen tuna brought in from ports all over Japan and around the world line up at the tuna wholesale market. The situation will continue to be tough, but the industry will work together to further develop the Toyosu market.”
After 5:00 a.m., when the bell rang, the auction began, and big tuna were sold one after another to the high-spirited shouts of the auctioneers.
The highest price this year was a 212-kilogram bluefin tuna landed at Oma Port in Aomori Prefecture, which was auctioned off for 36.04 million yen.