Ruby Roman grapes fetch record 1.1 mil. yen in season's 1st auction

Photo taken July 7, 2016, shows a bunch of Ruby Roman table grapes at a wholesale market in the central Japanese city of Kanazawa. The specialty of Ishikawa Prefecture fetched a record-high 1.1 million yen ($10,900) the same day in the year's first auction, up from 1 million yen marked the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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