Sapporo department store buys 2 melons for 330,000 yen

Sapporo department store buys 2 melons for 330,000 yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A department store salesclerk at the Sapporo branch of Daimaru Inc. in Sapporo shows two brand-name Yubari melons, which the branch bought for 330,000 yen at a local wholesale food market on May 13.

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