Are you fond of big juicy melons? If the answer is yes, then you should consider trying a yubari melon. They come from Hokkaido in northern Japan, and unlike other melons, have orange coloured flesh.
There’s only one problem. They are expensive. And sometimes ridiculously so. A department store had two such melons for sale over the weekend. Retailing at a cool 210,000 yen (1,050 pounds) each!
Pictured above is a department store worker proudly showing off her big melons yesterday.
molly says
Ooooh, a cantalope! Very sweet, they are grown here in Maryland (US) and can be had at stands by the roadside in late summer for a dollar or so.
pam says
Cantaloupe, with what looks like a propeller on top. Odd. Molly or I could send you a crateful and you’d make a fortune re-selling them. They’re delicious with a little salt.
テッド says
salt?
nyanko says
Actually theyre not just cataloupes apparently the soil and weather in that region in Hokkaido makes the worlds best cantaloupe (they even tried to re-create the growing condtions in the US but with no luck) I’ve had the priviledge to try this delicacy and I tell you, no cantaloupe I have eaten after that day has measured up- it was the most suculent perfect cantaloupe I’ve ever had- maybe not worth the price tag though. Oh yeah those “propellors” are the cantaloupes stem, its kept on the fruit for esthetic purposes (especially since you usually buy 2 at a time). I miss Hokkaido (not the winter though)