Sushi restaurateurs fork out $1.3m for motorbike-sized tuna at auction in Tokyo

Onodera Group paid second highest price ever at prestigious annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish market

The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market has paid $1.3m for a tuna, the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction.

Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs the Onodera Group said they had paid 207m yen on Sunday for the 276kg (608lbs) bluefin tuna, roughly the size and weight of a motorbike.

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