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Grapes Auctioned For 500,000 Yen

July 31, 2011

Japanese really love to pay tons of money for quality fruits. Back in 2008, a bunch of grapes were actioned [...]

Keep Your Melons Cool At The Beach

July 22, 2010

During your summer trip to the beach, you might be bringing along a watermelon to help quench your thirst. If [...]

Today’s Japan Photo: Eggs of The Sun

July 17, 2010

I was watching a TV show last night whereby they featured the “eggs of the sun” which is produced in [...]

Grocery Shopping: Sekai Ichi Apples 世界一リンゴ

January 23, 2010

Last evening I was doing my weekly grocery run at my favorite local Mediya supermarket and I came across these [...]

Grapes Auctioned For 210,000 Yen

July 16, 2009

Japanese folks paying crazy amount of money for their fruits. This farmer managed to auctioned off his first bunch of [...]

Fun & Creative Fruit Juice Packaging

April 9, 2009

Here’s some really cool fruit juice boxes that has been designed to have the look and feel of the fruit [...]

Yummy White Strawberries

February 19, 2009

If you thought strawberries only came in red, you should check out these white strawberries which are called “Hatsukoi no [...]

Real Apples With Mac Logo o_o

November 29, 2008

This might seem like a photoshopped picture or just a hilarious joke from the folks at Macintosh. However, these are [...]

Watermelon Auctioned For Record 650,000 Yen

June 7, 2008

A black jumbo watermelon was auctioned off in Northern Japan for a record price of 650,000 yen (USD 6,100), making [...]

Pair of Melons Auctioned For 2.5 million Yen

May 13, 2008

Its always nice to have some juicy melons to chase the summer heat away. But I’m sure the summer heat [...]

Aki Hoshino Promotes Orange Day

April 15, 2008

Did you know that 14th April is Orange Day in Japan? Its a day created by the fruit industry to [...]

Mangoes Auctioned for 200,000 Yen

April 12, 2008

Fruits in Japan has always been known to fetch unrealistic high prices on auctions. Just this thursday, a pair of [...]