Nothing brings happiness like a perfect pair of $15,730 melons. Mind out of the gutter. We’re talking about two prized cantaloupes. Two Yubari melons sold at auction in Japan on Friday for $15,730 ...

Two melons were sold at an auction in the northern Japan ese city of Yubari last month for a record-breaking $45,600 to a first-time bidder, according to reports. The public auction, which took place ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Guess the Japanese economy is picking up? On Friday, two Yubari melons, weighing over 8 pounds, sold for 1.6 million yen (US$15,730). That's a couple ...

TOKYO – A pair of cantaloupe melons sold at auction in Japan on Friday for 1.6 million yen ($15,730), one of the highest prices ever paid for the coveted orange-fleshed fruit. A local fruit wholesaler ...

YUBARI, Japan -- How much would you pay for fresh fruit? How about $29,000? That's how much two melons sold for at auction in Japan, according to Fortune Magazine. It's a new record for the most ...

Two melons from Yubari in Hokkaido prefecture sold for a total of ¥1.5 million ($12,400) at the first auction of the season Friday. The yubari melons, famous for their orange flesh, are considered a ...

A sure sign that Japan’s economy is back on track, Japan noted that a pair of its celebrated Yubari melons fetches record price of JPY800,000 (US$7,031.50) recently. The Two melons were the first to ...

The first time I ever ate a cantaloupe was at a Bob’s Big Boy, where my mother took us to eat an American breakfast. Having just arrived from Japan, I didn’t know what to order. Then I saw the ...

The first time I ever ate a cantaloupe was at a Bob’s Big Boy, where my mother took us to eat an American breakfast. Having just arrived from Japan, I didn’t know what to order. Then I saw the ...

TOKYOTOKYO — The latest victim of Japan’s recession is round, sweet and famous for being shockingly expensive. The first two Yubari melons of the season were auctioned Friday in northern Japan and ...