Current Events > Large crabs sells for $46,000 might be a new record.

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A snow crab caught in Tottori Prefecture attracted the highest-ever bid for a crab at auction of 5 million yen, the prefecture said Thursday.

The Itsukiboshi high-end crab weighing 1.24 kilograms with a 14.6-centimeter shell was caught after the fishing season began in the region at midnight Tuesday. It was sold at the season's first auction in the port of Tottori city.

The successful bidder was local crab seller Kanemasa Hamashita Shoten. It paid 2 million yen at last year's first auction for an Itsukiboshi crab. The bid price at the time was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the highest ever for a crab.

"We came to this year's first auction hoping that we would bid the world's highest price again," a company official said. "I believe it is a good crab filled with meat."

The crab will be sold to a restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, the company said.

The prefecture adopted stricter rules on the size and the amount of the crabs that can be caught from Dec 10 last year after the catch nearly surpassed the total allowable amount allocated for the prefecture last fishing season due to fair weather.

To prevent overfishing, fishing operators will have more holidays this season and avoid catching small crabs, the prefecture said.

The season's first auction held in the town of Shinonsen, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday saw a bid of 3 million yen for a snow crab weighing 1.2 kg.

Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-snow-crab-fetches-record-46-000-at-auction

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That guy on the left looks like he could play Rocky in a Japanese film adaptation of Rocky

"You can't win Rock!"

"NANI!?"
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He either had huge hands, or i've seen bigger on Deadliest Catch, no shit.
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Time for crab

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Eats
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Crab battle!

So from what I understand this is like the ceremonial flexing on the competition? Right?

I've read about that before. But I unno I have been drinking

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Y tho
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At least this is gonna be getting money out of the hands of the rich and back into the local economy.
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mattnd2007 posted...

So from what I understand this is like the ceremonial flexing on the competition? Right?

I've read about that before. But I unno I have been drinking

Yeah it sounds like they showed up with the intention of beating the record, the actual crab sounds secondary
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