Price: between $200 – $45,000 per melon The Yubari King melon is the best known of all Japanese luxury fruits. In Tokyo’s specialist fruit shops
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Japanese Ruby Roman Grape
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Price: $90-$450this juicy, sweet, and low-acid variety is only grown and sold in Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture.
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Densuke Watermelon
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Price: between $250 – $6000 per watermelonGrown in small quantities on the island of Hakkaido in northern Japan
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Taiyo No Tamago Mango
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Price: between $50 – $3,600 eachThe name of these mangoes translates as egg of the sun. Although they’re exclusively grown in the Miyazaki prefecture of the Kyushi region
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Square Watermelon
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Price: between $100 – $800 per watermelonSquare watermelons were initially developed in Japan in the 1970s to make them easier to stack.
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White Jewel Strawberry
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Price: $10 eachWhite Jewel strawberries are cultivated by a single producer in the Saga prefecture of Japan
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Sembikiya Queen Strawberrie
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Price: $85 per boxTheir painstaking cultivation method means they never actually touch the soil, and they’re hand-selected
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Dekopon Citru
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Price: $80 per six-packThe first Dekopon was cultivated in Japan in 1972. They require an intensive cultivation process in temperature and humidity-controlled glasshouses
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Sekai-Ichi Apple
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Price: $21 per applethey appeal to the Japanese love of perfectly shaped and colored fruit
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Sembikiya Cherry
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Price: $160 per boxSembikiya cherries are grown in small glasshouses where they’re monitored closely to ensure their size, color, and quality