Japanese fruit parlors sell perfect melons for thousands of dollars
In Japan, high-end fruit parlors treat crown melons as luxury status symbols, where a single flawless specimen can auction for over twenty thousand dollars due to meticulous cultivation techniques.
A single Crown Melon can cost over 200 dollars at luxury boutiques like Sembikiya, while pairs of premium Yubari King melons have fetched record auction prices exceeding 45,000 dollars. Farmers grow these fruits in climate-controlled greenhouses, often raising only one melon per vine to ensure all nutrients concentrate into a single fruit. They even massage the melons and provide them with little hats to prevent sunburn.
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