The World’s Most Expensive Watermelon
By DIY Maven
Recently a 17 pound “Densuke” watermelon sold in Japan for a record-breaking $6100. Why so expensive? Because its dark skin and superb taste make it the optimal melon experience. Per the Kyodo News Agency, it was purchased by someone ‘who wanted to support local agriculture.’ Via.
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How much of the $15 went to the box and tissue paper??!!
lilybee
Gulp. Crazy. But it actually makes a weird kind of sense, I lived in Japan back in '01 and at the time a bog standard honeydew melon came boxed and wrapped in tissue paper and sold for 1500 yen, which at the time was about £10, or $15.
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