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Premium melons from Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan, May 26 Kyodo - A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetches 1 million yen ($7,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 26, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetches 1 million yen ($7,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 26, 2025.

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan, May 24 Kyodo - Premium melons produced in Yubari in Hokkaido are displayed for the first auction of the year at a wholesale market in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 24, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3 million yen ($19,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 24, 2024.

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3 million yen ($19,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 24, 2024.

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

Premium melons produced in Yubari in Hokkaido are displayed for the first auction of the year at a wholesale market in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 24, 2024.

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3.5 million yen ($25,000) in the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 25, 2023, securing the event's second-highest bid on record.

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

Premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, are lined up for the first auction of the year at a wholesale market in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 25, 2023.

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Pair of melons auctioned for 2.5 mil. yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A pair of Yubari premium-grade melons is displayed in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan, after fetching 2.5 million yen in the first auction of the harvest season on May 23, 2014.

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Pair of melons auctioned for 1.6 mil. yen

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a pair of Yubari premium-grade melons that fetched 1.6 million yen in the first auction of the harvest season at Sapporo's Central Wholesale Market in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 24, 2013.

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Premium-grade melons fetch 1 mil. yen for two

SAPPORRO, Japan - Naomichi Suzuki (C), mayor of Yubari, Hokkaido, holds a pair of Yubari premium-grade melons at Sapporo's Central Wholesale Market in Hokkaido on May 17, 2012. The pair fetched 1 million yen in the first auction of the harvest season at the market, matching the top price from the previous year.

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Expensive melons

SAPPORO, Japan - Kazuo Watarai (R) from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. and Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe, after the company bought the fruits for 1 million yen (about $12,350) in the current harvest season's first auction at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Hokkaido on May 13, 2011. Watarai said his company based in Sapporo will give the fruits as a gift to an association of retail companies

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Pair of Yubari melons sold for 500,000 yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed variety of cantaloupe from Hokkaido, are displayed in a souvenir shop in Sapporo on May 15 after being sold for 500,000 yen in the first auction of this year's harvest season at Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. They sold for one-fifth of last year's price of 2.5 million yen per pair.

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Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high 2.5 mil. yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A pair of Yubari melons (foreground), a premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe variety from Hokkaido, are sold for 2.5 million yen in this harvest season's first auction held on May 13 at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. The price is a record high, surpassing the 2 million yen a pair fetched last year.

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Ruby Roman grapes fetch record 1.1 mil. yen in season's 1st auction

Takamaru Konishi, a buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, holds a bunch of Ruby Roman table grapes at a wholesale market in the central Japanese city of Kanazawa on July 7, 2016. The supermarket, which became the winning bidder of the specialty of Ishikawa Prefecture with a record-high 1.1 million yen ($10,900) in the year's first auction, was also the winner of a pair of premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in Sapporo in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Premium melon-tasting event in Japan

Kurashi-Kaientai, a food store in Amagasaki, Japan, holds a melon-tasting event for customers on May 30, 2016, serving one of the two Yubari premium melons it purchased at the season's first auction in Sapporo earlier in May with a record bid of 3 million yen (about $27,000). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Premium melon-tasting event in Japan

Kurashi-Kaientai, a food store in Amagasaki, Japan, holds a melon-tasting event for customers on May 30, 2016, serving one of the two Yubari premium melons it purchased at the season's first auction in Sapporo earlier in May with a record bid of 3 million yen (about $27,000). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

A pair of premium Yubari melons, a specialty of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, fetch a record-setting bid price of 3 million yen at the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

Naomichi Suzuki (R), mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

Naomichi Suzuki (R), mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pair of Yubari melons fetches 1.5 mil. yen at year's 1st auction

A pair of premium Japanese melons fetches 1.5 million yen at this year's first auction for melons raised in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harvest of Yubari Melon begins in Hokkaido

Takahiro Kobayashi, grower of Yubari King Melons, begins harvesting the premium musk melon in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on May 21, 2015. The 1.5-kilogram, 15-centimeter-diameter melons were to be shipped across the nation the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harvest of Yubari Melon begins in Hokkaido

Takahiro Kobayashi (L), grower of Yubari King Melons, begins harvesting the premium musk melon in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on May 21, 2015. The 1.5-kilogram, 15-centimeter-diameter melons were to be shipped across the nation the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pair of Yubari melons sold for 500,000 yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed variety of cantaloupe from Hokkaido, are displayed in a souvenir shop in Sapporo on May 15 after being sold for 500,000 yen in the first auction of this year's harvest season at Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. They sold for one-fifth of last year's price of 2.5 million yen per pair. (Kyodo)

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Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high 2.5 mil. yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A pair of Yubari melons (foreground), a premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe variety from Hokkaido, are sold for 2.5 million yen in this harvest season's first auction held on May 13 at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. The price is a record high, surpassing the 2 million yen a pair fetched last year. (Kyodo)

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Premium-grade melons fetch 1 mil. yen for two

SAPPORRO, Japan - Naomichi Suzuki (C), mayor of Yubari, Hokkaido, holds a pair of Yubari premium-grade melons at Sapporo's Central Wholesale Market in Hokkaido on May 17, 2012. The pair fetched 1 million yen in the first auction of the harvest season at the market, matching the top price from the previous year. (Kyodo)

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Expensive melons

SAPPORO, Japan - Kazuo Watarai (R) from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. and Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe, after the company bought the fruits for 1 million yen (about $12,350) in the current harvest season's first auction at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Hokkaido on May 13, 2011. Watarai said his company based in Sapporo will give the fruits as a gift to an association of retail companies (Kyodo)

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Premium Hokkaido melons

Photo taken May 24, 2021, shows a pair of premium melons produced in Yubari, Hokkaido and sold for 2.7 million yen ($24,800) in this year's first auction at the Sapporo Central Wholesale Market in the northernmost main Japanese island earlier in the day. The price was about 23 times higher than last year's winning bid.

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Premium Hokkaido melons

Photo taken May 24, 2021, shows a pair of premium melons produced in Yubari, Hokkaido and sold for 2.7 million yen ($24,800) in this year's first auction at the Sapporo Central Wholesale Market in the northernmost main Japanese island earlier in the day. The price was about 23 times higher than last year's winning bid.

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Yubari melons

Naomichi Suzuki (L), mayor of Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Shinya Noda (R), who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record 3.2 million yen ($29,090) at the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2018. (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