10 of the World’s Most Expensive Fruits  

1

Yubari King Melon

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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 

2

Japanese Ruby Roman Grape

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Price: $90-$450  this juicy, sweet, and low-acid variety is only grown and sold in Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture. 

3

Densuke Watermelon

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Price: between $250 – $6000 per watermelon  Grown in small quantities on the island of Hakkaido in northern Japan 

4

Taiyo No Tamago Mango

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Price: between $50 – $3,600 each  The name of these mangoes translates as egg of the sun. Although they’re exclusively grown in the Miyazaki prefecture of the Kyushi region 

5

Square Watermelon

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Price: between $100 – $800 per watermelon  Square watermelons were initially developed in Japan in the 1970s to make them easier to stack. 

6

White Jewel Strawberry

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Price: $10 each  White Jewel strawberries are cultivated by a single producer in the Saga prefecture of Japan 

7

Sembikiya Queen Strawberrie

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Price: $85 per box  Their painstaking cultivation method means they never actually touch the soil, and they’re hand-selected 

8

Dekopon Citru

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Price: $80 per six-pack  The first Dekopon was cultivated in Japan in 1972. They require an intensive cultivation process in temperature and humidity-controlled glasshouses 

9

Sekai-Ichi Apple

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Price: $21 per apple  they appeal to the Japanese love of perfectly shaped and colored fruit 

10

Sembikiya Cherry

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Price: $160 per box  Sembikiya cherries are grown in small glasshouses where they’re monitored closely to ensure their size, color, and quality 

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