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Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kazuo Hanawa, a farmer from the city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, puts his greenhouse-grown cherries in a pack before shipments on Jan. 4. The cherries, the popular Sato Nishiki variety, will be traded in markets nationwide on Jan. 5. In 2004, his cherries sold for about 1,000 yen a piece, or some 40,000 yen for a 300-gram pack.

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Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kazuo Hanawa, a farmer from the city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, puts his greenhouse-grown cherries in a pack before shipments on Jan. 4. The cherries, the popular Sato Nishiki variety, will be traded in markets nationwide on Jan. 5. In 2004, his cherries sold for about 1,000 yen a piece, or some 40,000 yen for a 300-gram pack. (Kyodo)

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High-grade cherries ready for year's 1st shipment

Workers prepare high-grade Sato Nishiki variety cherries for shipment in the northwestern Japan city of Tendo on Jan. 4, 2016. A 300-gram box of the greenhouse-cultivated cherries can cost tens of thousands of yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo