[putasmileon]

Pyramid Watermelon


Square Watermelons - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1390088.stm
^^ "Each melon sells for 10,000 yen, equivalent to about USD$83. It is almost double, or even triple, that of a normal watermelon." So that means that typical watermelons are around USD$28-42 each. They're actually more like $100 (square watermelons).


USD$60 for that batch of strawberries. Not too outrageous... I was in Kyoto's Nishiki Market and picked up some strawberries for my coworkers... USD$25 for 2 strawberries.


Mmm...USD$1,300 for 2 melons.

I've purchased a square watermelon once to be shared with coworkers... it's kinda weird to eat with the rind so you eat it in cubes. Tastes the same... just better to store and people will know it's expensive.

More fruit frenzies - http://vision34.de/japan/john/fruit.html

[pro_girl]

looks cute
I wanna try some,lol

[lalalinh]

that's really expensive O____O
2 strawberries for $25?!
You can easily get 2 strawberries here for FREE.

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[o1hunny]

whoa those are cute but why is it so ridicuously expensive?

[dark intuitions]

wait, what's so special about the strawberries? cos thats a hecka lot of money

[Kikyo]

Woww.. The watermelon looks so cool

Why is fruit in japan so expensive though? I thought they did a lot of farming there..

[bebeSO-viet]

My friend told me about this, they're so expensive.. I want to try them anyways!

[MidnightRain]

Wow, it's so expensive. o_______o

I remember reading somewhere that in Japan, the price of two cantoloupes is equivalent to a brand new computer. Wow.

Although the watermelon looks interesting, and the colours for the strawberries look pretty, heh.

[nisee]

yea, fruit in japan is ridiculous! 4 years ago, i bought an apple (ONE APPLE) for 5 or 6 US Dollars there. o_O

[kakashi]

the square watermelon this has been posted before but even pyramid shaped ones .. damn .. i wonder if they can make a star shaped one. LOL

[x SaRaNg HaE x]

WOW. Way too expensive. But the strawberries look super good.

[tre]

that's kinda cool, but too expensive.
i wonder how they get it to shape like that.

[lilxwebster]

i remember the reason why its soo expensive is when i watched this cooking show. they put in a lot of time and effort. they get awards and are acknowledged for their fruits. i know some of the techniques and methods are passed down from father to son. i think i remember this man would only make 100? cantaloupes a year. and he put in a lot of work. like at 3am he'd wake up and like check on them and he'd feed them only special ferterlizer that he made so that the fruit is like really plump and its juicy and sweet. where the green outer part of the cantaloupe is, you can barely even see it. their really patient with what they do. and with a limited amount of quantities, no wonder they sell it at that price. haha whatever fruit they make is like their child, they nurture it.

i'd try the strawberries though. xD

oh and for the shape, they put it in a wooden box when its being grown so it can take its shape as it matures.

[ANYOTHERDAY]

WOAH. that sqaure shaped watermelon is CUTE! 8DD

[shoko86]

Fruits in japan are quite expensive. <__<;;

[asukaxD]

Why are the strawberries so expensive? You have to be rich to enjoy fruits o.O

[mokka16]

oh wow... the watermelon looks very cool 10,000yen... and strawberry for 7000yen, dang thats crazy...

[lovejyk]

I hear that they just get like a square container and grow a watermelon in there so it takes that shape and stuff.. XD!

Those strawberries look pretty and "clean" looking. All nice and red

[liltweekstar]

wow thats really expensive

[cammiee]

wow I have never seen a watermelon in that shape before