Ridiculously Expensive Grapes (2011-10-02)
The first box of Ruby Roman this season fetched a whopping 500,000Yen (US$6500)!!!
They can be found sold in bunches
in Mitsukoshi department store in Nihonbashi
Each BUNCH is priced from 30,000Yen to 100,000Yen (US$410 to $1365)!!!
How do we, the plebeians, afford such outrageous prices? Ah, don't worry, there's single grape for sale at just US$13.7 EACH
Each grape sits in its own cushion and box
About the size of a ping pong ball
Ruby Roman grapes are only grown in a small town near Toyama Prefecture in western Japan
This is the man
who grows them
Only about 30 bunches are harvested daily while in season
Each individual bunch is checked for sweetness
and must register over 18 before it goes to the market
Big plump grapes
Compare them to Kyohou grapes
much bigger
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