Sato Nishiki variety cherries are usually sold in 300 gram boxes
containing around 40-50 cherries at ¥40,000 a throw( 350$), making them
among some of the most expensive fruit in the world. Despite the high
prices farmer in Yamagata reports he has already shipped 100 packs.
Expensive fruit is often given as gifts to impress superiors in Japanese
business circles, while fruit prices in general remain 50% above those
in the west.
Joining the ranks of the £500 (US$942) melon, a Japanese farmer from the
now snow-buried north of Japan has begun selling the season's first
cherries at ¥1000 (US$9.7) per cherry.
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