Pair of Hokkaido melons fetch 3 mil. yen at year's 1st auction

Pair of Hokkaido melons fetch 3 mil. yen at year's 1st auction

Winning bidder Kiyomichi Noda (R) and Tsukasa Atsuya, mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, pose with a pair of Yubari melons in Sapporo, northern Japan, on May 26, 2022, after the melons fetched 3 million yen ($23,550) at the year's first auction for the product.

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