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Premium watermelons in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows "Densuke" watermelons, a specialty of Toma town in Hokkaido, that were put up for sale in the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Asahikawa on the northern Japan main island. The one in the center fetched 700,000 yen ($4,800.)

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Premium watermelon in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows a "Densuke" watermelon, a specialty of Toma town in Hokkaido, that fetched 700,000 yen ($4,800) at the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Asahikawa on the northern Japan main island.

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Premium watermelon in northern Japan

Photo shows a premium "Densuke" black watermelon grown in Toma, Hokkaido, northern Japan, which fetched 600,000 yen ($4,250) at the season's first auction in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on June 15, 2023.

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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.

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Watermelon fetches 300,000 yen

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a black-rind watermelon grown in Hokkaido that fetched a winning bid price of 300,000 yen June 17, 2013, in the year's first auction of the fruit at a produce market in Asahikawa. Densuke watermelons are a signature product of the town of Toma.

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Luxury watermelon from Hokkaido

A Densuke watermelon produced in Toma, Hokkaido, fetches 500,000 yen ($3,700) in the season's first auction in Sapporo in the northern Japan prefecture on June 13, 2022.

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Watermelon fetches winning bid price of 350,000 yen

The black-rind Densuke watermelon, a signature product of the northern Japanese town of Toma, Hokkaido, is priced at as high as 350,000 yen at this year's first auction in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on June 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Watermelon fetches winning bid price of 350,000 yen

The black-rind Densuke watermelon, a signature product of the northern Japanese town of Toma, Hokkaido, is priced at as high as 350,000 yen at this year's first auction in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on June 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Premium watermelon in Hokkaido

Photo taken June 14, 2019, in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, shows a Densuke watermelon produced in the nearby town of Toma after the fruit fetched a record price of 750,000 yen ($6,920) at the season's first auction the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Premium watermelon fetches 500,000 yen

A premium watermelon called "Densuke Suika" goes for 500,000 yen ($4,534) at the season's first auction in Asahikawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on June 12, 2017. Around 70,000 melons, the local specialty of the town of Toma, will be shipped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo