Japan: Snow crab sold for record price of over 1.6 billion VND

SGGPO November 9, 2023 10:20

Recently, a 1.2kg Matsuba snow crab was sold for a record price of 10 million yen (about 66,350 USD, equivalent to 1.62 billion VND) in the first auction of the crab fishing season at the fishing port of Hamasaka, Shinonsen, Hyogo Prefecture, Western Japan.

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The winner of the November 6 auction was Ryosuke Uemura, owner of the Ryoriya Uemura restaurant in Chuo, Kobe. In addition to the 10 million yen crab, Mr. Uemura also bid 2.5 million yen for another crab in the November 7 auction.

A 1.2kg snow crab sold for 10 million yen. Source: Mainichi

Auction organizers said this was the first time a snow crab had been bid for more than 1 million yen two days in a row.

The price surpassed the previous record of 3.15 million yen set in the prefecture's port town of Shibayama, Kami, in 2022, according to the Tajima Fisheries Office of the Hyogo Prefectural Government.

Snow crabs are auctioned at Tottori fishing port, Tottori prefecture, western Japan on November 7, 2023. Photo: VNA

Matsuba snow crabs are the name given to male snow crabs caught off the Sanin region that stretches along the southwest coast of the main island of Honshu.

These crabs that meet certain criteria, such as weighing 1.2kg or more, will be given the special name "Hamasaka-gani kiraboshi" (Hamasaka - Shining Star). The fishing season for this expensive crustacean, dubbed the "taste of winter", begins on November 6, in the Sea of ​​Japan stretching west of Toyama Prefecture.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/nhat-ban-cua-tuyet-ban-voi-gia-ky-luc-hon-16-ty-dong-post713374.html