Kiyoshi Kimura, the self-proclaimed 'sushi king,' spends nearly $1.8 million for the first giant bluefin tuna of 2020. The whopping silver-scaled bluefin fish, caught off the northern Aomori region of Japan, weighed in at 608 pounds.
A giant bluefin tuna nets record price at fish market in Tokyo.Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, teach a man to bid on an even bigger fish and feed hundreds of hungry sushi customers.
Kiyoshi Kimura, the self-proclaimed"sushi king," spent big money on a massive bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sunday, with a bid of 193 million Japanese yen, nearly $1.8 million, according to Kyodo News. Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co. center, poses with a tuna in front of one of the company's Sushi Zanmai restaurants after the year's first auction at Toyosu Market, Jan. 5, 2020, in Tokyo. Kiyomura Co., which operates the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain, purchased the tuna weighing 276 kilogram for 193.2 million yen at the year's first auction.
Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co. center, poses with a tuna in front of one of the company's Sushi Zanmai restaurants after the year's first auction at Toyosu Market, Jan. 5, 2020, in Tokyo. Kiyomura Co., which operates the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain, purchased the tuna weighing 276 kilogram for 193.2 million yen at the year's first auction.
Kimura also spent top dollar for a 278 kg tuna that he paid 2.4 million pounds for last year, according to"Yes, this is expensive, isn’t it? I want our customers to eat very tasty ones this year too," he said at the market, according to The Times.Diners can get a taste of Kimura's big purchase at his restaurant’s main location in Tokyo.
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