Expensive Tuna
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Issue Date
2013-02-13Author
Hacker, Randi
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Type
Recording, oral
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Postcards from Asia;0280
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https://audioboom.com/posts/1239376-0280-expensive-tuna?playlist_direction=reversedMetadata
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Broadcast Transcript: On January 5th, the owner of a Japanese sushi franchise bought a Bluefin tuna that was THIS big. No. Really. It weighed 488 pounds. No. Really. And the guy who bought it paid 155.4 million yen or about 1.76 million bucks for it. No. Really. This fish story took place at the traditional New Year's auction at Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market. Unlike other Asian countries, Japan celebrates the same new year as we do in the West. Anyway, at the fish market, restaurant owners from all over Asia bid against one another for the honor of purchasing the year's first tuna whose meat, according to sushi lore, is highly esteemed by sushi aficionados. Never mind that Bluefin is seriously overfished, this Bluefin was caught in Oma, a town known for the deliciousness of the tuna caught there. And if you think this tuna was expensive, you should've seen the one that got away. #japan #ceas #hacker
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This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
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