"Peach Pineapple" about $19
Watermelon (from Hokkaido)... about $31
Mango... about $52 (that's not a typo...)
Grapes... about $52
Melon... about $84
(pictures posted from my Japanese cell phone)
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3 months ago
Would you interpret those costs in US terms? I recognize those pinapples! I think they were growing at the plantation down the road from us just a few weeks ago!
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I love the precious packaging. I'd buy a cantaloupe wearing a bow...
ReplyDeletedone... for simplicity sake assume $1 = 100 円 (Yen)
ReplyDeleteso, 1 円 = 1 penny (imagine an America with only cents and no dollars, voilá)
Please tell me there is cheap fruit there, too, or I will have to cease trying to convince George to move there!
ReplyDeleteNo worries.... we eat tons of fruit. Super cheap Asian Pears, yum! And bananas, grapefruit, strawberries (when they were in season), kiwis, avocados, etc. But oranges are sometimes expensive. It really depends on the season!
ReplyDeletemost fruit here is more expensive than America, however, as Mia said we certainly do eat a bunch of a fruit.
ReplyDeletehere are some rough local estimates:
Avocados ~$1 - $2 per
Apples ~$2+ per apple (depends on size and type)
Strawberries ~ $3 for a small basket of about 10 large ones
Bananas ~$1.50-2.98 for a bunch of three to four (depends on freshness and brand)
Asian Pears ~$1-$3 per (depends on size and type)
Kiwis ~$1-$2 per
Grapefruit ~$1.29+ per (really depends on size and type)
Grapes ~$3-5 per bunch (for some reason these are mighty expensive)
Peaches ~$3+ per
Melon ~$8+ per
Watermelon ~$3 for a quarter melon, ~$8-15 for a full melon
Pineapple ~$3 for 4 big half-slices, about $6+ for a full pineapple