How do like those melons?

[Taro Toporific]

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Yubari melons fetch record Y2 mil
japantoday.com , Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 15:56 EDT
SAPPORO ---A pair of melons from the bankrupt city of Yubari, Hokkaido Prefecture, fetched a whopping 2 million yen at this season’s first auction at the Sapporo central wholesale market in Sapporo city, the Japan Agricultural Cooperative’s Yubari unit said…more...

[Captain Japan]

Taro, nice Photoshop work. I wonder if this record was supposed to be some kind of message that Yubari is not dead. I kind of doubt that this is going to be a true indicator of the value of gifts being dolled out for the summer ochugen season.

[Greji]

I wonder if this record was supposed to be some kind of message that Yubari is not dead.

I don't know if they're right about that being a record. It seems to me that when there used to be a bidding war for the first and/or most perfect Yubari melons of the season, there were some bigger prices. Especially during the bubble.

You could go to most any departo in Tokyo and see a display of their first melon of the season that they had purchased, whether or not it was the top price getter for the year.

[Taro Toporific]

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Taro, nice Photoshop work. I wonder if this record was supposed to be some kind of message that Yubari is not dead....

At two million yen or about $16,616, those Yubari melons ought to come with "Melon chan" (Hitomi Kitamura)as I have it pictured.

[Greji]

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At two million yen or about $16,616, those Yubari melons ought to come with "Melon chan" (Hitomi Kitamura)as I have it pictured.

If you had her Taro, why would you need the Yubari stuff?

[Captain Japan]

I don't know if they're right about that being a record. It seems to me that when there used to be a bidding war for the first and/or most perfect Yubari melons of the season, there were some bigger prices. Especially during the bubble.

So you saying that since the economy is not what it once was the meager 2 million yen for those two pieces of fruit indicates restraint on the part of the bidders. I understand now.

[Captain Japan]

A pair of cantaloupes from the bankrupt city of Yubari, Hokkaido, priced at 1 million yen each are out on display in a Marui Imai department store in Sapporo on Tuesday. KYODO PHOTO

[Taro Toporific]

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Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high 2.5 mil. yen
SAPPORO, May 13 (AP) - (Kyodo)-- A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe variety from Hokkaido, sold for 2.5 million yen in this harvest season's first auction held Tuesday at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets.
The price is a record high, surpassing the 2 million yen a pair fetched last year, according to Yubari's agricultural cooperative. The winning bidder of what was considered the best pair Tuesday was Ibi, a Sapporo-based dealer of seafood products and local souvenir goods...more...

[Greji]

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Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high 2.5 mil. yen
SAPPORO, May 13 (AP) - (Kyodo)-- A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe variety from Hokkaido, sold for 2.5 million yen in this harvest season's first auction held Tuesday at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets.
The price is a record high, surpassing the 2 million yen a pair fetched last year, according to Yubari's agricultural cooperative. The winning bidder of what was considered the best pair Tuesday was Ibi, a Sapporo-based dealer of seafood products and local souvenir goods...more...

Good price if they come as shown.....

[Behan]

Taro, when I saw that you posted this I thought I would be 'had' again.

But she does have lovely melons.

[Taro Toporific]

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[SIZE="3"]Japan's obsession with perfect fruit[/SIZE]
By Roland Buerk
BBC News, Tokyo and Shizuoka
Senbikiya sells only perfect fruit - with a price tag to match
Giving fruit as a gift is a common custom in Japan. But this fruit is not your normal greengrocers' produce, complete with bumps, bruises and blemishes. The pick of the crop is grown with exquisite care and attention to detail - and commands an eye-watering price when it comes to market.
Classical music plays softly over the speakers in the Senbikiya shop in central Tokyo. The uniformed members of staff are politely attentive, ushering the customers to chairs and crouching down beside them to take their orders.
The ceilings are high, the fittings elegant, the lighting tasteful and the displays are beautiful. But this is not some designer handbag emporium or high-end jewellery store. Senbikiya is a greengrocers.
Gift of gratitude...more...


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[IparryU]

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just so... not sexy seeing her eat like a pig...

just reminds me of the mindless... food shows talento do...

[matsuki]

just so... not sexy seeing her eat like a pig...

just reminds me of the mindless... food shows talento do...

Hahaha, I got no problem with it as long as she takes the same approach to dessert

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I have a perfect banana for her (as long as she doesn't try to peel it...)

[GomiGirl]

I have a perfect banana for her (as long as she doesn't try to peel it...)

I am surprised that after seeing her chow down on that watermelon, you would want her anywhere near your dick. Not a body part that will respond well to flaying.

OUCH...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Not a body part that will respond well to flaying.

Oh, sorry. I thought we were talking about bananas...

[Mike Oxlong]

Japan melons fall short