↑On January 5, at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, a fishmonger transported a cart of bluefin tuna away after the market opened. Xinhua News Agency/AFP On the first day of the new year at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, a bluefin tuna weighing 180 kilograms was s

↑On January 5, at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, a fishmonger transported a cart of bluefin tuna away after the market opened. Xinhua News Agency/AFP

That day was the first day of the New Year at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan. A bluefin tuna weighing 180 kilograms was sold for 4.5 million yen (about 37,500 US dollars). Tsukiji Market is one of the largest food wholesale markets in Japan.

↑On January 5, people trade bluefin tuna at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan. Xinhua News Agency/AFP

↑On January 5, near the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, the owner of a sushi chain showed off the bluefin tuna he purchased for 4.5 million yen. Xinhua News Agency/AFP

↑On January 5, at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, fish wholesalers high-fived to celebrate the end of the first tuna auction in 2015. Xinhua News Agency/AP

↑On January 5, at a restaurant near Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, restaurant employees unloaded the bluefin tuna they had just bought. Xinhua News Agency/AP

↑On January 5, buyers at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan, check out the tuna for sale before the first auction in 2015. Xinhua News Agency/AP

Editor: Li Yingyi Zhu Sizhe