Japan fish market

I encountered the same misunderstanding about the cost of fish in Japan market many times. Just like the blue fin tuna, a very variable fish that cost about USD120/100g!!!. Wait, wait !. You should know the story behind that the price comes in particular condition such fish is wild one (not cultured), has a premium quality (freshness, color, texture and contents of lipid) and is served at high class Sushi restaurants in the middle of Tokyo. Furthermore, the premium meat comes only less than 10 % from total body weight that calls "Otoro". The average price of blue fin tuna is USD25/Kg or less and culture one is one half of it. Even so still the price is attractive at developing countries what I understand. So, I commented about Japan market and fish price in Tokyo market on 2004 which is converted to USD.

Refer file name "-marketing-japan-050419" at above address or crick "Toshi" at side bar.

http://groups.google.com/group/toshif

海外で私は日本の市場における魚の値段について、よく同じ誤解をしていることを経験しました。例えばクロマグロは高級魚で値段が１００グラムで１２０ドルもする！。「オーと、待ったーっ！。アワテルナイ！」。この値段は天然魚の最高品質（鮮度・色・食感・霜の降り方）の大トロの値段で、しかも銀座の寿司屋で食べたらの話です。しかも大トロが取れるのは全魚体重の１０％のにも満たず、天然クロマグロ全体での値段はキロ当たり２５ドル位で、養殖ものでは半値なのです。とは言え、それでも途上国にとっては十分に旨味の有る値段とは思いますが・・・。上記の場所の「-market-japan-050419」に、解説と市場における魚の値段（２００４年東京市場）を米国ドルに換算した表があります。