00:00Motorcycle-sized bluefin tuna sells for $1.3 million in Tokyo auction.
00:06A motorcycle-sized tuna sold for more than $1 million in Tokyo.
00:11At Toyosu fish market, buyers, cameras, chefs, auctioneers, and carts surrounded one giant
00:16bluefin at Japan's New Year auction.
00:19The Pacific bluefin tuna weighed 608 pounds, about the size and weight of a motorcycle.
00:25The winning bid reached 207 million yen, or about $1.3 million, during the 2025 opening
00:34auction.
00:35The Onodera Group and wholesaler Yamayuki bought the tuna, continuing a high-profile streak
00:40at the famous market.
00:42The fish came from waters off Omao, a northern Japanese town known for prized bluefin tuna.
00:48Workers carried the huge tuna through Tokyo, where cameras captured its silver body, thick
00:54tail, and deep red meat.
00:56Sushi chefs later prepared the fish for restaurants, turning one ocean giant into expensive slices
01:03of sushi.
01:04The sale became the second-highest New Year tuna auction price recorded at the market
01:09since 1999.
01:11The record still belongs to a 612-pound bluefin that sold for ÂĨ333.6 million in 2019.
01:20The spectacle shows how one fish can become food, status, marketing, and tradition at the
01:25same time.
01:27When a giant tuna rolls through a Tokyo market, the ocean suddenly looks like a luxury stage.
01:31The catch in the catch.
01:32You
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