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Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: Foxy Brown on May 20, 2006, 09:43:10 PM

The season's first pair of Japan's luxurious Yubari melons were sold yesterday at ¥800,000 (US$7,258), the highest bidding price ever, at a Sapporo auction in the northern island of Hokkaido. (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2006/05/18/2003308832)

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: JFC on May 20, 2006, 11:11:02 PM

Dayum. I had always heard fresh fruit was freakishly expensive over there...but THIS is NUTS!! :shock:

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: kingthaking81 on May 26, 2006, 10:21:53 AM

little bump*
what's with the expensive fruit over there anyways?
i remember the that box of 12 strawberries in HM costing 70 euros!

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: Slack on May 26, 2006, 10:50:39 AM

You have to remember that in Japan, Arable land is one of the scarcest commodities there is. Therefore, anything you grow will be in a small quantity, driving the prices up. Since Japan is an island country, importing fruits won't help much either, due to high prices. When Japanese people come to California, where I'm from, and get things like an entire melon half for dessert, that's almost unthinkably extravagant to them. To us who live in California, it's no biggie.
 
Bottom line: it's just really expensive to live in Japan.
 
(Plus the Japanese are kind of obsessive over first/last things)

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: makeme on May 26, 2006, 04:17:43 PM

To be able to make that much cash on fresh produce thats insane.
I remember a while back that you can buy a square watermelon for 10,000yen.

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: anythursday on January 12, 2007, 02:27:29 AM

pardon my ignorance but whats the difference between yubari melons and regular melons?

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: Rick-e on January 15, 2007, 07:08:18 AM

That's insane! You could buy a compact car with that kind of money :o
What's the difference between first pair anyways?? they'll taste the same as the rest anyways, right?

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: Foxy Brown on January 15, 2007, 07:11:08 AM

Wealthy people often like to spend large amounts of money to show that they have it.

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: arun.yothin on January 15, 2007, 07:17:36 AM

It's the most baller shit you can do!

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: reyfer on January 15, 2007, 07:38:11 AM

Are these on the latest H!M the same? Because it says there the price is 10,000 yen
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e187/reyjfb/hm20070114-02.jpg)

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: Since1983 on January 15, 2007, 10:14:38 AM

Does this melon come in a nice gift wrap. I've heard that everything in japan is nicely individually wrapped including fruits, etc..

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: SomethingWild on January 15, 2007, 01:58:34 PM

I'd only pay more than 5 euro for a melon if it's square or pyramid shaped :D

(http://www.junosora.com/wp/tigerscrane/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/cube%20melon.jpg)

(http://cache.gizmodo.com/archives/images/pyramid_melon.jpg)

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: reyfer on January 15, 2007, 04:26:42 PM

Are these Yubari Melons on the latest H!M?

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e187/reyjfb/hm20070114-02.jpg)

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: SomethingWild on January 15, 2007, 05:03:05 PM

Those look more like Galia melons

Title: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258
Post by: JFC on January 15, 2007, 06:34:56 PM

They're still freakishly expensive. They'd better taste damn good for that price.