Japan snow crab fetches record $46,000 at auction english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 12:32 | Lifestyle, All, JapanA snow crab caught in the western Japan prefecture of Tottori attracted the highest-ever bid for a crab at auction of 5 million yen ($46,000), the prefecture said Thursday.
It paid 2 million yen at last year's first auction for an Itsukiboshi crab.
(The snow crab that fetched 5 million yen)"We came to this year's first auction hoping that we would bid the world's highest price again," a company official said.
The season's first auction held in the town of Shinonsen, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan on Wednesday saw a bid of 3 million yen for a snow crab weighing 1.2 kg.
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