Self-styled “Tuna King” Kiyoshi Kimura, the boss of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai, paid a record ¥510.3 million at an annual new year auction for a 243-kilogram bluefin caught off Japan’s northern coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/companies/tokyo-blue-fin-tuna-auction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tuna #fishing #auctions #toyosu #kiyoshikimura #sushizanmai
‘Tuna King’ pays record ¥510.3 million for bluefin at Tokyo auction

Sushizanmai boss Kiyoshi Kimura paid the top price at the annual new year auction for a 243-kilogram fish caught off Japan’s northern coast.

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The Tsukiji Outer Market, a popular tourist spot in Tokyo, has issued a request this month asking tour operators to refrain from guiding tourists there toward the end of the year to ease congestion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/japan/society/tsukiji-market-yearend-crowds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tsukiji #tokyo #tourism #toyosu
Tsukiji market urges tourists to avoid visiting at year-end to ease congestion

The Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai tourist facility, meanwhile, welcomes tourists throughout the year-end and New Year holiday season.

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サンド伊達みきお、豊洲市場で出会ったイクラとカニの“超高級”いなり寿司に驚き「おいしい…」
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6908430ce4b00afef15f4eea

#huffingtonpost #アートとカルチャー #ネットエンタメ #グルメ #伊達みきお #寿司 #豊洲 #nettoentame #gurume #datemikio #sushi #toyosu

サンド伊達みきお、豊洲市場で出会ったイクラとカニの“超高級”いなり寿司に驚き「おいしい…」

『かのサンド』で、東京・豊洲の商業施設「豊洲千客万来」を訪れました。1個1500円のいなり寿司に出会い…?

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Tokyo’s “coolest” neighborhood is subjective and constantly shifting, as the city’s appeal lies in its diversity of areas, each offering a unique mix of trends, culture and hidden gems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/03/is-there-coolest-neighborhood-in-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #jimbocho #shimokitazawa #koenji #kichijoji #daikanyama #nakameguro #roppongi #odaiba #toyosu #ueno #nishishinjuku #shibuya #yoyogikoen #daikanyama #aoyama #omotesando #ebisu #tokyo #harajuku
Tokyo’s coolest neighborhood? There isn’t one.

Tokyo can’t be reduced to a single trendy suburb: What’s appealing is precisely the incongruity of its locales.

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Large sauries are making a return this season after years of poor, smaller catches of the fish, a delicacy enjoyed in Japan during summer and autumn. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/japan-large-saury-catch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fish #saury #hokkaido #toyosu
After years of poor catches, large sauries make a return

Mainly landed in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, the fish is a delicacy enjoyed in Japan during summer and autumn.

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This season's first batch of saury sold for ¥300,000 per kilogram for some large fish at the Toyosu wholesale market in Tokyo amid limited supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/season-first-saury-price/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #saury #fishery #hokkaido #toyosu
Season's first batch of saury sells for ¥300,000 per kilogram at Toyosu market

It was the first time in three years that saury was landed in July, but there were only 50 kilograms compared to last year's first arrival, which totaled around 42 tons.

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Die erste Thunfisch-Auktion des neuen Jahres gilt in #Tokyo als Indikator für die Lage der Wirtschaft in #Japan. Das diesjährige Auktions-Ergebnis weckt darum Hoffnungen auf eine positive Entwicklung. #toyosu #2025

https://sumikai.com/nachrichten-aus-japan/thunfisch-neujahrsauktion-in-tokyo-verspricht-glueck-fuer-die-wirtschaft-japans-350511/

Thunfisch-Neujahrsauktion in Tokyo verspricht Glück für die Wirtschaft Japans

Die Neujahrsauktion für Thunfisch in Japans Hauptstadt Tokyo ist nicht nur ein wichtiges Ereignis für Gastronomen und Fischer. Sie gilt auch als Indikator für

Sumikai

Für einen 276 Kilogramm schweren Blauflossen-#Thunfisch kann man rund 1,28 Millionen Euro bezahlen ...

...muss man aber nicht.

#Japan #Neujahrsauktion #Toyosu #Tokio

A bluefin tuna from Aomori Prefecture fetched a staggering ¥207 million — the second-highest price on record — in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu Fish Market on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/05/japan/japan-toyosu-market-first-auction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #toyosu #auctions #fish #tuna #food #sushi
Bluefin tuna fetches ¥207 million at Toyosu's first auction of the year

The bid was around 1.8 times higher than last year's, and second only in price to 2019's top catch, which sold for ¥333.6 million.

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