The Season’s First Herring Roe Auction: The Best Gift Pack Sold for JPY 11,000 Per Kilo
The first auction for salted herring roe for the year-end sales season took place on November 15 at the Osaka Central Wholesale Market. The two auction houses, Uoichi and Daisui, listed 775 kilos of salted herring roe.
The auctioneers rang a bell at 9 a.m. to start the bidding. With spirited shouts, the buyers, secondary wholesalers at the market, handed over their bids, and the desired salted herring roe was won one after another. The highest price was for...
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