Luxury mushrooms from Noto fetch record price at auction

Luxury mushrooms from Noto fetch record price at auction

Luxury "Nototemari" shiitake mushrooms fetch a record price of 350,000 yen ($2,200) per bowl of six at this year's first auction in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 9, 2025. The Noto region, where the mushrooms are produced, experienced a powerful earthquake in January 2024 and record torrential rains in September.

Luxury mushrooms from Noto fetch record price at auction

Luxury mushrooms from Noto fetch record price at auction

Luxury "Nototemari" shiitake mushrooms are displayed after fetching a record price of 350,000 yen ($2,200) per bowl of six at this year's first auction in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 9, 2025. The Noto region, where the mushrooms are produced, experienced a powerful earthquake in January 2024 and record torrential rains in September.

Hokkaido watermelon auctioned at 350,000 yen

Hokkaido watermelon auctioned at 350,000 yen

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - A Densuke watermelon, a specialty of Hokkaido, is sold for 350,000 yen at this year's first auction in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on June 10, 2014. Around 70,000 Densuke watermelons will be shipped this summer at around 5,000 yen per piece.

Moss phlox in full bloom at Hitsujiyama Park

Moss phlox in full bloom at Hitsujiyama Park

CHICHIBU, Japan - Visitors enjoy seeing carpets of moss phlox at Hitsujiyama Park in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on April 14. A total of 350,000 moss phlox are planted in the 16,000 square meter park.

Enola Gay co-pilot's log fetches $350,000 at Christie's

Enola Gay co-pilot's log fetches $350,000 at Christie's

NEW YORK, United States - The flight log of Capt. Robert Lewis, the co-pilot of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, sold for $350,000 at Christie's auction in New York on March 27.