In Pictures: New Year's auction at Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market

Wholesalers bid for frozen tuna at the new year's first auction at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan 5, 2017.

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Jan 05, 2017, 08:52 AM

Auctioneers raising their hands as they start the New Year's auction of the frozen tuna while wholesalers check the quality of frozen tuna displayed at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Kiyoshi Kimura (centre), posing with a 212 kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant near the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Wholesalers checking the quality of fresh tuna displayed at the Tsukiji fish market before the New Year's auction in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A wholesaler showing a hand sign to an auctioneer during the New Year's auction of the frozen tuna at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A wholesaler checking the quality of fresh tuna displayed at the Tsukiji fish market before the New Year's auction in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Wholesalers checking the quality of frozen tuna displayed at the Tsukiji fish market before the New Year's auction in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

An auctioneer (right) raising his hand as he starts the New Year's auction of the frozen tuna while wholesalers check the quality of frozen tuna displayed at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Kiyoshi Kimura (centre), who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, Sushi Zanmai, is surrounded by media as he speaks next to a 212 kg bluefin tuna at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A fishmonger checking the frozen tuna prior to the new year's first auction at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Fishmongers checking bluefin tuna prior to the new year's first auction at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

The 212 kg bluefin tuna is carried into the Sushi-zanmai restaurant near the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, on Jan 5, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

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