Author Topic: Japanese Yubari melons fetch a record US$7,258 (Read 2752 times)

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.

JFC · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2006, 11:11:02 PM »

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

kingthaking81 · « **Reply #2 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!

Slack · « **Reply #3 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)

makeme · « **Reply #4 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.

anythursday · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2007, 02:27:29 AM »

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

Rick-e · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2007, 07:08:18 AM »

That's insane! You could buy a compact car with that kind of money

What's the difference between first pair anyways?? they'll taste the same as the rest anyways, right?

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2007, 07:11:08 AM »

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

arun.yothin · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2007, 07:17:36 AM »

It's the most baller shit you can do!

reyfer · « **Reply #9 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

Since1983 · « **Reply #10 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..

SomethingWild · « **Reply #11 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

reyfer · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2007, 04:26:42 PM »

Are these Yubari Melons on the latest H!M?

SomethingWild · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2007, 05:03:05 PM »

Those look more like Galia melons

JFC · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2007, 06:34:56 PM »

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