The fish that cost more than RM8,000 per kg

And I thought that my RM220 per kg lobster was expensive...

It was reported on 5th January 2012 that a 269kg bluefin tuna has broken the world record for most expensive fish, selling for USD736,000 – almost double the previous record of almost USD396,000 for a 342kg fish (also the same type of tuna).

In terms of price by weight, it also set the new record: USD2,717 per kg; that’s more than RM8,000 per kg. Goodness knows what the price would be when it reaches the restaurants.

This particular type of tuna makes the best sushi.

It was sold at the famous first auction of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, to Kiyoshi Kimura, proprietor of a sushi eatery chain.

It was caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, north of the tsunami-struck coast.

Trawling around for comparisons:

- sturgeon caviar can fetch USD16,000 per kg.
- the arowana can fetch six figures (RM)
- the empurau (freshwater), which can fetch up to RM1,800 per kg in KL restaurants.

My favourite New Year 2012 photo

Land of the Rising Sun sees the first rising sun of 2012 as it appears above Mount Fuji, seen from an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight which had organized a rising sun observation flight with 137 passengers on New Year's Day.

As observed at Yamanashi prefecture.

Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean "the sun's origin", that is, where the sun originates, and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun. This nomenclature comes from Imperial correspondence with Chinese Sui Dynasty and refers to Japan's eastward position relative to China.