> which translates into a price of about 700,000 yen per kilogram. I imagine a piece of sashimi is about 1oz/30g, so you get 33 pieces per kilogram. 700,000 /

> which translates into a price of about 700,000 yen per kilogram. I imagine a piece of sashimi is about 1oz/30g, so you get 33 pieces per kilogram. 700,000 / 33 = 21,212 Which is about $200 a piece. I'll be more conservative and say a piece of sushi will only use 0.5oz of fish, so we're down to $100 a piece... Which does seem a bit unreasonable when you consider how many you need to sell (a few people will pay $1000 for a set course, but not many...). I'm also not taking into account that there's no way the entire fish can be sold at $200/oz (bones, lower quality cuts, organs). The only other factor I can think of is that you're getting a serious bit of advertisement for your store/chain. I imagine a lot of people are going to come to the buyer's restaurants to get to eat a bit of the second most expensive tuna. Am I doing the math wrong? I'd also love to get an expert's analysis.