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Expensive melons

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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Expensive melons

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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