The pick of the cherry crop in a northern Japan town sold for a price that was stunning even by the standards of high-end Japanese fruit auctions. A box of 15 Aomori Heartbeat.
HACHINOHE, Aomori Prefecture A single high-end variety of cherry fetched 40,000 yen ($296) during this year’s first auction here of the fruit, drawing gasps among bidders and spectators.
Updated: 2:54 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021 Prized cherries grown in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan fetched up to $270 apiece in the season s first auction.Thirty-nine boxes of the Juno Heart cherries were put up for auction.A box containing 15 pieces of the brand s finest type, called Aomori Heartbeat, got the highest price of almost $4,100 that s $1,300 more than last year s high.The winning bidder was a fruit wholesaler in Chiba, east of Tokyo.
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Prized cherries grown in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan fetched up to $270 apiece in the season s first auction.
Thirty-nine boxes of the Juno Heart cherries were put up for auction.
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