Why Japanese Melons Are So Expensive | So Expensive

[@michellek4349]

these melons grew up in a more loving home than I did

[@misterpractical]

Michelle K 😂 ikr

[@AlexaBellaMuerte]

that's exactly what i was thinking lol

[@Riviscira]

That's life

[@guivlervladimirqeksqidb9274]

You know why? Because you are a not money.

[@cherry_soo7834]

Ikr

[@osamaikram7677]

Me : I should study. KZbin : why are melons so expensive? Me : Good Question

[@Scho-penhauer]

Japanese melons. Not just melons! Maybe that's why you can't study. You don't pay attention!

[@osamaikram7677]

Women have expensive melons too!

[@shkoata366]

Omg ...this is exactly what happend to me ... I have microbiology exam tomorrow, it's already after midnight, and here I AM

[@SaloneDutchess]

shko ata goodluck mate

[@RandomPerson-jo7cw]

The price of a Musk Melon is so expensive even a billionare can't buy it Yeah it's a joke

[@christopherramos8490]

Japan has perfected the art of making unimportant things extremely important and expensive

[@yami_garasu]

iT tAkeS YearS tO MAstEr

[@vyskens2525]

yes, accurate. maybe they see melon as art 😂😂

[@Sturmbannfuhrer_OttoGunsche]

I mean, if you can sell a melon for $45,000 why tf not, lol 😂

[@mastersonogashira1796]

Yea and downside is our food are super expensive. Upside is one of the best national healthcare with very little tax

[@MoneylineMadden]

A wonderful dilemma if you’re trying to paint this as some sort of issue. Japanese culture >

[@eatswithjamie]

I tried some melons in Hokkaido. They weren't as expensive as the ones shown here, but the stands sold melons by the slices, ranging from $7 to $12 a slice. I went with one in the middle and it was incredibly good. I don't even like melons but it tasted like healthy Hi-Chew candy. It's difficult to express how good it was but Japanese fruit is just different.

[@conjurorofcheaptricks8944]

American fruit tastes like medicine

[@indiancowpeedrinker9241]

In inidya we schit on the road

[@taylorglace7360]

@@conjurorofcheaptricks8944 you probably have store bought fruit then

[@wazzlopiok240]

@@conjurorofcheaptricks8944 American fruit is the most bland fruit I’ve ever eaten! Looks amazing though!

[@christopherpcline]

@Notorious 885 You think Democrats are the ones having all the kids? Who's growing all the soy corn and wheat that's lead to this massive global population boom, you think farmers are mostly Democrats these days? You have absolutely no clue about anything if you believe this.

[@oreo0sama]

Last night my family bought a melon and now we're living on the streets

[@anastasiastellar2658]

#normiejokes

[@maximax2397]

lol

[@mirko12318]

But hey ... atleast now you can show off to all the hobos with that nice melon

[@english40256]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@fahadansari6857]

you are soo lucky i wish i could get one and starve for the rest of my life

[@azmayeenarafin6518]

Thief breaks into house Me: protects melon at all cost

[@haithemali4769]

Lol good one 😂😂 its true it will be the must expensive thing In the house.. Maybe 😂😂😂

[@shauryagahlot376]

Just eat it to ensure the protection

[@jenimarai1906]

Oh lol, I dint see that One Coming.

[@sanieisleam3225]

🤣🤣::))... oui ... at all cost

[@zaph2580]

Oh no, the thief brought knife! Form human shields for the melons!!

[@wehabagde8159]

Narrator: and they grow the melon like their sons or daughters. The actual son and daughter: my dad left to take care of the melons when I was born, and I havent seen him since.

[@stewie9735]

lol... this comment is underrated

[@ffirstcomment]

im so jealous of my melon sister!

[@wehabagde8159]

@@ffirstcomment have you met her?

[@gabbyh3762]

;-;

[@vincentdreemurr]

@@ffirstcomment does she have melons

[@Aragonaeranseventh]

Toyota so far seems the only Japanese thing with a reasonable price !!

[@NordeggSonya]

Not in Canada! (how I wish!)

[@mahdyfouad]

not in egypt

[@Aragonaeranseventh]

@@mahdyfouad Well in some countries like mine too ' the price is twice (due to government taxes) for non-native brands ' I assume you suffer the same ' still the reliability paysoff though (for now atleast !

[@Aragonaeranseventh]

@@NordeggSonya Well in some countries like mine too ' the price is twice (due to government taxes) for non-native brands ' I assume you suffer the same ' still the reliability paysoff though (for now atleast !

[@Magisktification]

Toyotas are hugely overpriced! I dont understand were you get reasonable price from... Doing drugs much?

[@LioF20]

They grow melons like their sons and daughters And sell them ( 5:34 )

[@johndowe7003]

meanwhile them messicans laughin their way to market mwhahah, love me some 2$ melons ill eat the hell outta them

[@gorgeousg7296]

ur devil 😈

[@yukkireina]

Wtf on the bottom text 😂 But ya it's really true, very expensive fruits on here

[@devilssouls221]

Tnx god that im not near those stupid farmers. If not their melon will end in their ass 😏

[@Dimaz42]

Devils Souls yea, those farmers would sh!t themselves when they see a keyboard warrior

[@ismailwarsi]

So this is why Doraemon and Nobita were so happy when their dad brought a melon home from work.

[@uddayagupta911]

That is exactly what I was thinking 😂

[@umeshsoni3318]

😂i was thinking the same

[@farhaansar234]

Even i was thinking the same😂

[@ujjaini2209]

Meee too!

[@Clyrk]

i didnt see that episode

[@fionac8346]

Mom: study hard in school kids! Kids: why? Mom: so you can buy a $45,000 melon when you’re older

[@Dollsofgod]

Or just study to become a melon farmer in school and sell $45,000 melons.

[@apotheosis4757]

LOL!

[@nastaranaminkhaki4507]

XD

[@nativetube]

@@dav2300 shut up kid

[@eynick]

@@nativetube What about you to shut up, don‘t tell someone to shut up♻️

[@tangieeee]

For my 18th birthday (years back) my mum and I took a trip to Japan and instead of having birthday cake, I bought a 5200 yen melon and carried it like a baby all the way back to Singapore. It was great, the best fruit I've had in my life and I still think about it from time to time. I've had other cheaper Japanese melons after and they were good, but didn't come close to the first one. Its hard to imagine a melon that can taste better than that. There is a point though where quality hits its max and the price you pay just isn't worth it anymore but it is difficult to find that point.

[@blackkennedy3966]

You could have saved the seeds

[@ryanporter9339]

Shiit these melons better be giving me super powers

[@elma4980]

Iryoku the only thing you’ll get is debt

[@calvintuano557]

devil fruits??

[@respectknuckles428]

lol lol

[@oppressormk2op547]

@@elma4980 student loans will take care of that.

[@Meow_Deity]

It'll cure your Erectile Dysfunction you've been chatting about on reddit.

[@RM-fd6lz]

Air conditioning??? Melons living better than me

[@chisai6315]

Daily care + hand massages living better than all of us

[@jja1483]

He was massaging melons😃

[@jennyleung92]

😂😂😂😂 live better than everyone

[@game1mail324]

Cause you are not worth 5 million yen....lol

[@randhir4278]

Game1 mail kidneys are

[@l.u.i.s._.8452]

Everywhere else: food Japan: ✨aesthetics✨

[@lemonyskunkketts7781]

Nothing wrong with sourcing the finest genetics for food.

[@impoppy9145]

aesthetics for 5 minutes then you eat it and throw out the "polished exterior that made them expensive". Insanity at its finest xDDDDD

[@lgbm777]

I'm more into Japanese Female Melons... 😎🔥

[@Aneoca]

@@lgbm777 You do know fruits are plant ovaries

[@akrich8640]

I received a Melon for some celebration from colleagues. I told my French husband that the price of melon was more than 10,000 yen ($ 85) after he made melon juice. He was astonished and asked me to do not tell my colleagues he made juice.

[@dsadik666]

Yeah you're not supposed to make juice out of those fruit gifts.

[@zkme2734]

As a latin american that sounds kind of funny to me considering almost everyday I drink melon juice or any other natural fruit juice

[@PianoRootsMusic]

America: Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang/ Spent three racks on a new chain Japan: Fuji Gang Fuji Gang Fuji Gang/ Spent forty five racks on a melon

[@fmga]

Piano Roots Music *on two melons

[@cardodalitay9184]

@@fmga A GREAT PRICE

[@whatuser9802]

👌

[@sophia-jd8po]

Piano Roots Music HAHAHAHAH TRUE. JAPAN FLEXES BETTER AND HARDER THAN AMERICANS 😂😂👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@ja1207]

I HAVE TWO....MELONS!!

[@JuanMDiaz-rs6cf]

$45,000.00?!!! Are they watered with unicorn tears and fertilized with fairy crap?!!

[@Kirby23232323]

no, they use fairy tears and unicorn crap

[@molly-zx9cr]

Nah it’s just a publicity stunt

[@awara1000]

Juan M. Diaz epic & lovely!

[@ariesrule2001]

That's someone yearly income. Crazy😳

[@mirinsa2836]

Juan M. Diaz try it and the taste is different than any melons

[@imnav4661]

Imagine working so hard for the whole year and you still can't afford a melon.

[@BossOfAllTrades]

Wow that's actually true for most people lol

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

imagine being a poor

[@johnroppanto2707]

Apple

[@alipetuniashow]

That the economic price buy seeds and grow them at home.

[@BossOfAllTrades]

@@alipetuniashow their hard to grow it's not like were native americans

[@saveir6601]

Picked up a Higo Green melon at one of the Reganet grocery stores where I live near in Japan. I’m from Canada and didn’t think a 700 yen melon would be that great.. boy was I wrong. It was single-handedly the best piece of fruit I have ever tasted.. And that was a cheap melon from these standards! I was blown away

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

So basically in Japan these melons are status symbols and a monopoly controls the market to keep prices high. The Japanese are doing with melons, what the De Beers Group did with diamonds 130 years ago. Control the supply, use marketing to create high demand, profit.

[@electronicshaman]

Glad I'm not the only person that immediately thought of De Beers

[@SunlightSomeDay]

@Nick F I've seen people put more effort into growing weed than these melons. Their price reflects the supply that's artificially limited, but lets not pretend a melon is really worth 25k.

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

@Nick F Lots of time goes into mining and cutting diamonds as well, but that doesn't mean the price is not inflated.

[@kobepower]

mangos are 500 a piece too. so if u vegetarian ur dead

[@SunlightSomeDay]

​@Nick F Art appreciates, has historical and cultural value. It's seen as a investment in many cases. Melons just rot. These melons are sold at a huge markup because the ultra rich like the pattern on the skin. It's just rich people trying to impress other rich people and the vast majority of consumers around the world would say these melons aren't worth what they're being sold for.

[@sohamchakraborty3220]

When life gives you melon, pray that you're in Japan.

[@avarmauk]

Lol

[@impalamama7302]

Or you could just be dyslexic

[@leejang2311]

Just do all of this in order to sell it in high price ! Very common strategy of Japanese !

[@impalamama7302]

@@leejang2311 Actually Japanese make EVERYTHING into art form. Even growing fruit.

[@alvin6198]

@burn woods “I’d rather get a 1$ melon for free than one over 1000$; For free.”

[@NarkarBros]

In India, 🍈 Melons cost at just $ 1 per Kg and those are extremely delicious too!

[@henriquepelim4246]

💪🇮🇳

[@thatguy6715]

@Tastor*STFU*

[@vedgehawk13]

@Tastor oof buuuuuurn

[@dhanlaxmibhonsale8695]

@Tastor that's y u funky good for nothing foreigners come here ...

[@nishagangwani7195]

😂😂 How can all of India smell like dog shit? do we have more dogs than humans? or are you a very big idiot! it's simple we have different areas, rural and urban and standard of living differs too but the diversity is what makes us beautiful!

[@LyroLife]

I want to see a comparison between Melons that are cared for like in the video and like 50% less cared for and 90% cared less for. And then a blindfolded taste comparision haha

[@sassychimpanzee7431]

That would be fun. A lot of comments claim the Japanese melons taste better. I question if that's because they spent a lot of money, so they savored the melon more than they would have if it was cheap.

[@walkwithred]

A lot of the effort seems to be to preserve the external appearance. It’s fair to assume that the same taste could be achieved with much less effort if this were disregarded

[@nurse956]

I bet them to try Afghan melon vs tvis over drama art japanese melon blindfolded. I feel Afghan melon will b king or they might get confuse which one is better than the other😂😂.

[@orangeboy97]

Narrator: "The melons are grown and cared for entirely by hand." Photosynthesis: "am I a joke to you?"

[@TOAOM123]

Underrated comment award

[@salmonoven]

*yes*

[@angies3057]

LMAO

[@trifilosgr]

Hahahahahhahaa

[@yesandno000]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dr_outcast9385]

choose wisely: 1 22k melon 22 1k screen stand

[@vedkorla300]

Lmao apple screen stand!!

[@animashers5577]

I'd rather take the melon then the overpriced apple rubbish lol

[@animeandstuff5377]

Bruh if u decide to buy either seek help and buy some brain cells

[@kuldeeprao5145]

Or 100 pocophone

[@fightingpeacock1244]

Screen stand

[@glampie155]

I think $3 for a melon is outrageous... $45,000 that’s a whole college tuition for a fruit

[@alexregner2555]

Edelyn N i feel you

[@pinkheart315]

Exactly and you still have a lot of money left

[@kamikuru5398]

You have big lips

[@angureyna]

broke ass

[@dereknyc4402]

You're lucky to live in a time that fruit is cheap. 100 years ago pineapple was $50.

[@nataliemunoz8600]

I live in Chile and during summer, I can pay around 0.5 dolar x 1 melon, or even 3 melons for 2 dolars, depending on the size. I can even pay 0.2 dolar for a old one (not rotten) so I can make juice. Sometimes they gone bad and we just throw them away. Same with grapes, they are super cheap. I love my country 🇨🇱😄

[@pablo17667140]

Buying fruit is a lottery. Sometimes u get average fruit, but sometimes u eat a really really good fruit. And I am ok with it. To know the sweet fruit u need to taste the average fruit first. Also the not so good fruit is still healthy

[@amaze3788]

Yea my thoughts exactly

[@magnusmuir]

I think you’re missing the point, this is fruit that is nurtured to perfection. We get unbelievably cheap mangos here in Australia when they are in season but they will never come close to what these growers in Japan can achieve.

[@kevinmai842]

Why don't Melons get married? They just Cantaloupe

[@nathanpoole6806]

Kevin Mai this comment needs more recognition. 10/10

[@ericmiranda1255]

ba dum tss! 🥁

[@Kkamikoee]

Kevin Mai stfu lol 😂

[@ccsilva6110]

😂🤦‍♀️😂this fruit get treated like royalty how flattering for the melons.

[@finjames4878]

面白い!

[@lovemoviesful2]

$45,000 could feed me for many years. Or I could spend on one melon. The stress of decision is real. 🙂

[@MafiosoDon21]

Lol

[@tqdinh2]

lovemoviesful2 😂

[@InnocentThief]

Bro, it's two melons, now that is an enticing deal

[@maitadestrada6305]

ding dong someone’s tilted

[@lovemoviesful2]

@activelink activdisc I can't eat a monitor sir. I'd go for the melon instead. 😋

[@plc3653]

5:18 look they even give the melons newspaper to read!

[@thebeyonder8814]

Lmao bro good job buddy😂

[@blacksun4316]

😂😂😂😂

[@oaverage_bird]

This is probably a joke, if it is don’t woosh me, but I’m positive they wrap it with newspaper to protect it from flies or other bugs

[@Autchoiiy]

@@oaverage_bird r/woooosh Sorry I couldn't contain myself-

[@oaverage_bird]

@@Autchoiiy *I just said don’t whoosh me.*

[@rhikimarou]

we have a saying here in greece that fits perfectly. "its like selling you sea weed like they were silk ribbons". but i bet the japanese will find a way to price sea weed more than diamonds.

[@Ashli-Renee]

KZbin : Why are melons so expensive? Me at 2:30 am : Why are they so expensive? I must know. I need to know.

[@FussyPickles]

Now we all know, fuji 0.1% this will be important later.

[@tqdinh2]

Ashli Reneé 😂

[@jahmein9976]

me rn

[@timkebienda1809]

Ashli Reneé 5 am. Work in two hours. Zero minutes of sleep....

[@goldlilsniper4129]

It’s 4:33. And I started looking for a comment about how I’m watching this so late. Piss on the video.

[@seaweedsan3013]

I grow melons at home and after watching this i only look at them with disgust

[@quinn9310]

I grow too and was thinking I’d love to buy one just for the seeds and start growing some myself

[@deisynoestamuerta]

@@quinn9310 that means that you are going to sell your house or a kidney?

[@hue_nuts]

poor melon lol

[@fengxu7085]

🤣 Don't do that!

[@josevelasco8689]

Lmfao

[@Catfish_Everdeen]

These melons need so much careful attention 4:37 almost slaps melon

[@Dylan_Otto]

Tygo Erprath Farmer: This melon can feed so many millionares.

[@zakadams762]

He was trying to play it off, but I saw him acknowledge it

[@gitsurfer27]

I love how all the business owners are struggling to come up with a reason why its so expensive. Because they know the market is built entirely off of rich gullible idiots and breaking that illusion is the end of their scam.

[@kingo_friver]

I'm here to see how fluently they talk about their crafty schemes, how cheerfully they boast of their sly tactics. But I wonder how many people are watching it this way.

[@Baronight]

the market is built on rich people want to taste the best fruit ever and willing to pay big. There is no end to this demand, and to call it a scam is like saying all those luxurious food in western (foie gras, caviar, saffron, wine etc) are scam as well. Ive tasted some of these 200usd melon and they are indeed nice, not sure if 40k usd melon justify it price, but the same can be said to overpriced wine. Its not an illusion when there is always market for the rich people.

[@gitsurfer27]

@@kingo_friver You sound kinda devious lol

[@kingo_friver]

@@gitsurfer27 Yes, l just reread it, l agree lol Idk why but I was nervous to say that because I'm a Japanese man who hates Japanese melon.

[@kingo_friver]

Rewatching the video, every single word they say makes me flip out. I mean I'm enjoying it

[@nthnmc]

"Hi, yes, I'll get the fruit salad." "Fantastic choice! That'll be $114,000! How will you be paying?"

[@epiclepticseizuresswag971]

ill be paying my entire soul and il also pay for the 20% tip for your waiter service with my entire family

[@salmonoven]

Of course, gimme your kidney then sell it

[@rahmanshaik9909]

Cancel it and get a glass of water

[@danielyusukeshimizu8802]

So you’re saying, that you will use more than two whole melons?

[@mustardpikachu3597]

"with my anus, please"

[@artemisackerman6374]

And here i am purchasing 2 melons for 1.50$

[@mistirion4929]

Yeah and you made the right decision

[@happyhuman7555]

Here in india organically grown melon cost 0.1$ per melon

[@mistirion4929]

@@happyhuman7555 nice

[@aesirclassicpubgm8228]

Here 0.49cents🤣🤣🤣

[@feroze2887]

@@happyhuman7555 wait one piece of normal Musk Melon costs 75 rs in the Market and it's not even Organic. 1 $ is like 73 rs so how did you get a Melon for 0.1 dollar.

[@Brun3xx]

Me: sees it Me: likes it Me: checks price Me: puts it back

[@tqdinh2]

Clash Smashing 😂

[@hodec8451]

Getting '7 rings' vibes😂😂😂

[@gravecode]

im definitely not even touching it, let alone pick it you

[@uli_734]

😆

[@boulderbash19700209]

Fruit fall off shelf. Pay $45,000. Eat melon in tears.

[@travellerk1956]

Not mentioned in this video but ordinary Japanese melons are sold 3 dollars in supermarket. 99% of Japanese have never experienced such expensive melons. However some luxury fruit shops are selling expensive products which tastes far more sweet than ordinary ones. I never buy luxury fruits for myself but consider as a gift coz its miracle sweet will surprize you. These days Chinese tourists come to get the luxury ones for souvenir.

[@idkwhatamdoing4346]

People: money has value because we give it value Japan: allowed us to introduce ourselves

[@Slipith]

5:46 This sentence is pretty much the entire industry summed up. "They ensure the price stays high"

[@KinneKitsune]

Sounds like some yakuza shit to me

[@NEWARTSTUDiOS]

"So what is it, that makes this fruit so expensive?" = Humans!

[@noyselee]

Riight

[@MGM_Think]

Money laundry.

[@silveradotow957]

Farmers footsteps

[@programmerPo]

@@MGM_Think having a farm to do money laundry leaves traces and cannot get the estate property away easily when being discovered. A better way is transferring ownerships of animals, like dogs -- a method that in at least one country has been applied for quite a long time... how can law officials question if the buyers' affection to the dogs isn't worth the money?

[@selfmade128]

Everything is worth what you are willing to pay for it!

[@munabarthinarayanrao6536]

Everything from Japan is perfect and excellent.They make anything so nice and with care so they are expensive 🎌🎌🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@abrahamthomas215]

There should be a sub series called “Why everything in Japan are so expensive”!!!

[@notgian_]

well, living there costs a lot, its normal for them but expensive for tourist

[@carloscruz8564]

Because everything is Japan is run by the "MAFIA".

[@jajajinks1569]

Everything in Japan is much more affordable than in the US lol. You can get a nice healthy bento meal for $5 there, you can only get shitty fast food here. Housing is much cheaper too. Nobody in Japan's eatin $25,000 melons on the regular lmaooo

[@rezkydonnyputranto4232]

@Despacito? Ka-chow a $5 Big Mac isn't that healthy is it?

[@jajajinks1569]

​@Despacito? Ka-chow KZbin deleted my comment because it doesn't like me linking to the website directly, but Hotto Motto has bentos that have rice, veggies, fish & meat for $5. They're a pretty popular chain around Japan. Not to mention you can buy a good combination of healthy foods from a Japanese convenience store for ~$6. In America you're severely limited, even Whole Foods "make your salad bar" things that are few and far-between are easily $10+. Having lived 7+ years in both countries I think it's inarguable that it's much easier to eat healthier in Japan than in America. And that's reflected on the obesity rates too.

[@marilynalvarez9951]

Wow and I thought the canteloupe I bought at the market yesterday was expensive for $3.49 :)

[@bca-biciclindcuaxel7527]

It is :))) Here in Central Europe , I bought 3 pieces for 1.5 Euros :)))

[@bca-biciclindcuaxel7527]

@Hakim Smailliw Is the ''European Dollar'' , EURO is our currency in Europe and biggest reserve currency on planet after USD .

[@paolocruz2578]

@Rev limits I thought the brits used the pound? Or am i dumb

[@BaHaEzZz]

@@paolocruz2578 you re not. He is

[@t4yyib_iq]

@Rev limits brits use pound. Which is worth more than the dollar and Euro

[@TheSquidPro]

Crown Melon really sounds like a business cartel, even more so than is usual in Japan.

[@VickiTakacs.]

Exactly. Crooks.

[@EckRD]

I can understand waygu beef and caviar, but this is a whole new level of nonsense.

[@juanjr3917]

Spelled cartel wrong

[@TheSquidPro]

@@juanjr3917 I'm used to the Dutch spelling, whoops.

[@bennyrodriguez8788]

Excellent analogy

[@redredredredred8577]

I’ve never been so jealous of a fruit before.

[@mohdhakimi3307]

Apple:Our products are very expensive and ridiculous Japan melons: Finally a worthy opponent

[@tfoepe]

Japan will launch its very first Musk Melon products on Laptop, Mobile Phones

[@HCILI]

Japan grapes... and I took that personal.

[@mrisfanbs]

Lol

[@jirace]

0:16 "So what is it that makes this fruit so expensive?" My first thought was ridiculous stupidity then I saw the video, and I realized I was correct.

[@omarct]

@activelink activdisc More stupidity? Doesnt make his comment invalid you are just giving more examples.

[@jackx123]

activelink activdisc lol stupid

[@maxali5320]

activelink activdisc apple sells good technology for our entertainment but $200 dollars for a fruit ,that’s crazy,so 6 melons 🍈 have the same price as the last iPhone 😂

[@omarct]

@@maxali5320 apple sells overpriced junk

[@TombstoneHeart]

Yep - spread enough bullshit and suckers will virtually leap up out of the ground to eat it. I've grown those melons and it's as simply as just throwing some seeds on the ground and giving them a bit of water. The weirdest thing , however, is this: Japanese tourists have come here to Australian and been offered exactly the same melons and they knock it back because they don't like the taste of them! All of this polishing and wrapping and pruning is all bullshit - they have created a false market for a product that is virtually as cheap as chips Just like the false diamond market.

[@yoshigamer2174]

Japan: "Our watermelons cost more than your rent."

[@Kim-ou7lc]

House

[@DarkShadow0_0]

It ain't a watermelon homie

[@preppyprbsims5030]

Weird flex but ok.

[@ncgpheonix8974]

This is not a watermelon this is from melon family and is commonly called muskmelon some species of muskmelons are very cheap you can buy bunch of em in 50 dollars

[@donnmerchant4654]

@@ncgpheonix8974 japan produces high quality shits and overrated at the same time I tasted these expensive melons twice and they are damn good but not 300x the price good.

[@adityaceo]

This kind of detailing and presentation makes a product exotic and priceless💎

[@MAVERICKSGR99]

Top 3 unsolved mysteries of the universe 1. Dark Matter 2. Quantum Entanglement 3. KZbin Recommendations

[@novasmith3585]

4. ur mom

[@lumi5056]

5. Ur existence

[@taykeith2570]

6. How to kill a default

[@qlus]

7. Why people play Fortnite

[@carl8428]

8. If people will continue this thread

[@stevenee1ply]

Insanity is a process. I think the Japanese have nearly perfected it.

[@awara1000]

Stephen Nee what do you mean by ‘perfect?’ To me a $5 melon that tastes decent is MORE than perfect

[@adityaanand2315]

😀😀😀😀

[@ktnwood21]

The insanity to do things perfectly is an obsession. Hard works always pay off

[@bulltron8926]

@@ktnwood21 it's, the obsession to do things perfect that is insanity.

[@ktnwood21]

@@bulltron8926 Too right buddy

[@missScarlatine]

And now I have to live knowing I will never taste that kind of melons, I didn't even know existed 10 min before, And miss it.

[@v1ctin]

It's literally just a sweeter melon, most of the price is in the looks.

[@K-IA]

We have the exact same thing in my country. You can get them for less than $1.

[@sanjogpawar1874]

belive me when i say it tastes the same as an odinary melon.

[@salimahmedali9249]

It most likely doesn't taste much different than the regular ones. And you'd be shocked to know that some end up tasting worse. It's mostly made for its looks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3eZamieh5qsqcU

[@missScarlatine]

@@salimahmedali9249 He tested a different one in this video, not the ones shows here

[@LamboV12]

Anybody that has tasted one of these understands why its so amazing. If money is nothing, I would be eating these everyday.

[@margaritam.9118]

Imagine your toddler accidentally dropping a Fuji on a floor. Straight to an orphanage you go!

[@rimbluebooks]

Deserved😂😂😂😂

[@TOAOM123]

Seppuku

[@Appachoppa112]

*drops third bomb*

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

BITES ZA DUSTO

[@Appachoppa112]

Skank Hunt88 take it easy it was a joke. Only a horrible parent would actually prioritize a fruit over their child

[@bobocpe]

Whenever I hear about "most expensive", there's always Japan in the sentence...

[@EckRD]

In the 70s anything Made in Japan was crap. Like Made in China is now. The media and proper coverage will do this.

[@lumi5056]

Fuchumo but... everything that is made in china still sucks their either has very vas quality or will burn up soon after buying

[@benryan6130]

@@lumi5056 no just no

[@elie3423]

@@EckRD in china, you get what you payed

[@kaykay2144]

oh they have great quality products in China, just very expensive... you get what you pay for.

[@darrenbootay3340]

Me enjoying my 4$ melon 🍈 laughing at people eating 200$ just got a slice

[@PickledSteak]

When you’re a millionaire, 200$ for them is like your 4$ to you. Lol

[@osama_falih]

Me laughing at you while I enjoying my 50 cent melon 🍈

[@percyjcksson9401]

@@PickledSteak what about you nerd

[@PickledSteak]

@@percyjcksson9401 I am a nerd actually lol. Proud graduate with master degree in Computer science. I could probably buy you and your family a better house than you’re living in right now. What about you?

[@noone-iq4eq]

We get 2 for a $ here in india

[@Jameslawz]

Japan has the oldest population in the world 28.7% It's no wonder why you find the older generation take things slower and have time for things like this. While the rest of the world may find it crazy and how Japan is "nuts" or too "extreme" it's not too wild to understand considering the context. They have a super-aging population and their birth rates are actually lower than usual, so you'll tend to find a much older society who are into this sort of stuff and who also have the time for it. Also most of the towns outside of the big cities like Tokyo focus on agriculture and owning family owned business, which is also how Wagyu beef became a thing and so popular. Japanese culture is also very meticulous so they do things with extreme care, this is just their labor of passion. At the end of the day, it's still a melon...and Wagyu is still beef, all they are doing is slightly altering the flavor profile to make it taste nicer or "premium" through different harvesting methods, thus creating a luxury market for exotic exports.

[@putradesa8210]

My wife: what name we will give to our newborn boy? Me: fujiyama shiroyuki My wife: japanese name, eh? But why? Me: idk, but it sounds expensive

[@serendipity6720]

69 likes and as the assh ole I am Imma destroy it 😂😂

[@serendipity6720]

Nuh had second thoughts. 😢Be happy amigo. Someone else will destroy this priced thing

[@catmarvelous7508]

Dayum... if a melon can be priced more then 15 grands... bet a piece mango can make 10K+

[@huntress44]

yeah they have a separate auction for perfect mangoes

[@HappySmilingDog-d7u]

@@huntress44 lmao

[@tienvong7802]

There video about $5000 for a pair of mango

[@campkira]

the whole point is demenad and supply... the supplier can make some number and the one who buy is for business propose. which also can be add to company expense.... so basicity it not a commercial good.

[@tqdinh2]

Cat Marvelous 😂

[@muskreality]

Wow I never knew OCD could pay this much

[@whataboutthis10]

Does anyone here know what ocd actually is, apart from the 9gagish "patterns!!1!"

[@daffakuantarahadian5467]

@@whataboutthis10 OCD is "Ultra Instinct"

[@umidatsubasa]

It’s all about tradition in Japan, as tradition becomes older the more important the event becomes

[@wallacesouza2678]

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[@montserratherrero782]

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[@Simeonsaater]

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[@marinefernandez3166]

Mrs Olivera Jane.. has changed my financial status for the best. all thanks to my aunty who introduced her to me.

[@carolineknudsen5306]

who's this professional, everyone is talking about i always see her post on top comment on every KZbin video I watched how can i reach her?

[@carolineknudsen5306]

@Lisa James Thanks for her what's app info 👍

[@NotSoCrazyNinja]

"pouring water on the melons by hand makes these melons expensive" Me: *looks at the giant climate-controlled greenhouse, super low yield due to one melon per plant, and all the hand care combined* Yep, sure, it's the hand watering of the melons making it expensive lol

[@Kai_soze]

its expensive because they probably have to hire people to do that, so that means you gotta pay them hourly then pay their health insurance and then pay taxes for employing them... so yeah thats probably why its the most expensive process.

[@badterrorist9384]

After watching this channel I realized anything that costs dearly is because there are people willing to pay for it not that it's worth it or something

[@anaabendroth3460]

ABSO-FREAKING-LUTELY.

[@kumarsaurabh7556]

Correct mate

[@anakinskywalkerrr]

Welcome to Economic 101

[@sambeam2404]

Mighty subjective take

[@nahidulislamrafi6856]

Icelandic salt nods head

[@okaoki]

suddenly $999 Apple "Pro" monitor stand sounds reasonable.

[@t0neeh213]

Nah cause what can you do with just the stand alone? Nothing it’ll just be there... and the melon you can enjoy it

[@waddefaq4325]

Still not reasonable. This melon we can eat and we can memorized how good it taste in entire life. Apple's stand just a piece of steel/aloy, unnecessary product.

[@idreeslonne9990]

Apple monitor stand should be priced around 100$

[@iamthehype3684]

@@idreeslonne9990 more like less than 50$

[@TvConfusionn]

The Great Eldian Empire No because you can eat the melon

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

I'd be very interested to see how the Japanese melon cultivars turn out with less intensive care. Would they end up more like cantaloupes? They seem to be ubiquitous in Japanese culture and art, in the same way that apples seem to be all over European and American art and culture. It would be cool to see what we could do with those cultivars in America.

[@MultiBigbird01]

I still can't find a single reason that makes these so special enough to justify their excessively high price tag.

[@notgian_]

well for them, it would seem like only a hundred bucks, but for tourists its expensive since japan has higher exchange costs

[@richardphillips-ludwigwell3337]

That’s because you are too poor to understand the best quality

[@raisaji5455]

@@richardphillips-ludwigwell3337 wow what a way to describes people taste. When people got too much money they start to wonder how to spend their money and this people capitalize on the rich pride and wealth by making these stuff looks extraordinary when its not. Iam fully aware that such difference in quality will be present but to make it that expensive ? Seems like an unnecessary "Pride Tax" there.

[@zakihr3329]

@@richardphillips-ludwigwell3337 go drink your rabbish english tea and dont act like you are super rish

[@blackink8471]

@@richardphillips-ludwigwell3337 thats a bullshit comment. That shit grows like a weed in my country dumbass

[@isadorably_me]

so this is where quarantine has led me today...

[@jjba3571]

Same

[@nathanfarr389]

Japan: "Our watermelons cost more than your rent."

[@emma1075]

ayo🔉 AYO‼️‼️🔊🔊gojo pfp💯

[@classical7]

Same 🤣

[@syfinx4985]

Ight i know i’m not the only one who thought for a sec that this was a devilfruit

[@riki4291]

Suddenly headline news "A man loaded 10 suitcases with melons on a trip to Japan"

[@sanieisleam3225]

Ha ha .... 🤣

[@tqdinh2]

roppoqi 😂

[@saif9amar417]

All men load their suitcases with melons to Japan

[@Punkini]

Americans: “haha, can’t believe Japanese people pay this much for a dumb melon!” Also Americans: “omg my fiancé just bought be a super pretty diamond (rock that isn’t that special or rare and is artificially kept as a rarity because monopolies own diamond mines, not because the diamonds are actually rare or special, diamonds are literally one of the most common gemstones) for 10k!!!”

[@Jorge-125]

Literally no one said that, shoot I'd buy one of the lower tier melons just to taste it.

[@_MIKIMOTO_]

The only country in the entire world that would price melons in the thousands 🍈 🇯🇵

[@tlahuicolexiii2844]

And unfortunately there is IDIOTS who pay that 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@alipetuniashow]

Buy the seeds instead.

[@Zergcerebrates]

@@tlahuicolexiii2844 You should eat one first before calling people idiots. They're extremely sweet and flavorful unlike the cheap melons we buy at the markets. If you have money to spend and had one of these you'll never eat regular ones again.

[@dauntlesskjcm4780]

almost every other products lol Japan things

[@nahuelc.9551]

@@tlahuicolexiii2844 It's their money

[@brianpreller5554]

This looks a lot like the diamond industry, a regulating authority artificially inflating value though control and convincing people to spend huge amounts of money on things which would be otherwise low value.

[@DatzAdam]

It is, where I live this sh*t costs around $1 up to $4 depending on the weight of it.

[@nanocg519]

I think that’s half of it but u most definitely have to consider the growing process, the time it takes to grow, and cost of production. They definitely shouldn’t be as mush as they are tho that’s obvious

[@MiloTheFirst1]

it isn't really an apples to apples comparison, regular people still buy generic melons (though having to import them from south america and else do still make them expensive), this kind of luxury melons are usually just given as present for ceremonial occasions, such as closing a hefty business deal with another company president etc, or for the rich stuff such as having moved into a very expensive condo, etc. it isn't that different from gifting very old whiskey or other such expensive drinks in America, if you think about it why would anyone pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for a bottle of decomposed grain juice? it is just a ceremonial gift for those that can afford it

[@ABEL-cd2sp]

I mean you don’t have to buy them but in this instance there’s a turn around to your idea it’s technically speaking cheap to get diamonds it’s the amount that’s controlled however this becomes expensive based on what the judges and test think, the sheer amount of work put in it (which if you’ve ever ran a business you know a lot of the time salaries are the most expensive part but a really necessary one) and the rate of failure as well makes it quite expensive along with the actual rarity of getting a perfect melon which is way harder than cutting diamonds into the perfect shape. Not everything is the same in some ways yes it’s the same but this also has different factors which you can argue can justify the price tag

[@lukemclellan2141]

Noone is convincing very wealthy people to spend their money. They choose to do so for various reasons, most of which stem from ego.

[@whataboutthis10]

Melon: i'm so perfectly sweet and all Owner: such beautiful net pattern [Weeks later] Melon: *rotting inside*

[@STREETFOODJOURNEY5]

these melons have been receiving more love by their farmers compare to average human being 🙃

[@arnyaguilar2057]

Me: why would anyone buy this Also me: looking if i could get it shiped to the US

[@Christine-og4ni]

just buy a cantaloupe at Walmart

[@smolboywithluv6669]

c h r I s t I n e 😂

[@lemonyskunkketts7781]

I started with the expensive Strawberry video, then Mango, and now I'm here.

[@lilalovesyeshua5191]

Lol

[@Asphaltvoidlander]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hellojelen2598]

Which is mango link?

[@paulking6433]

Saffron!

[@Cheezybrie]

I wish my parents loved me as much as he loves his melons

[@CarolineNiggAyaLee-Janet]

This really explains the concept of KODAWARI.Or this whole series by Insider is really about Kodawari. The general meaning is a relentless pursuit of precision, quality, attention to detail and craftsmanship in one’s work, craft, or endeavor.

[@palrob1714]

So "agricultural cooperatives" ensure that prices are artificially high. Ok.

[@Bradgilliswhammyman]

Cooporatives are how Japan's society runs, eventually the system will collapse.

[@sanskaarkulkarni1036]

@@Bradgilliswhammyman It's working great for now, atleast better than the US and Indian economy.

[@LG-xg8fw]

@@sanskaarkulkarni1036 maybe, but forming a cartel and fixing prices is very illegal in the US.

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

@@sanskaarkulkarni1036 ah so thats why Japan's economy was in a recession since the 90's.

[@coleball6001]

BoxStudioExecutive no, it’s actually because the bank zombies that appeared after the mid 1990s housing bubble collapsed. Basically debt ridden banks that are kept afloat by the Government plus investors confidence that the Government will bail them out.

[@baxtercohen]

After eating a $45000 melon, your sh*t has to be worth something, right? or isn't it? Not sure about that. Something I'm sure of is people can be such fools!

[@axbx9127]

All people are fools. We made money and yet we criticize it. We made murder yet we criticize it in a hypocritical fashion. Need more examples? Look at anything we’ve made, real or fake. We’re fools because we don’t realize how dumb we are before doing something hypocritical and saying it isn’t.

[@DRakeTRofKBam]

@@axbx9127 you need help man

[@NM-wh8ms]

depends if your shit has the same net pattern. Fuji poops are a rarity and only 1 in 10,000 poops manage to achieve the feat.

[@izenhow4775]

poor mindset for poor people, rich or wealthy don’t ever care your comment💁🏻‍♂️

[@axbx9127]

@@DRakeTRofKBam Sorry that I’m different like everybody else. If you don’t get the point, it really doesn’t matter if I need help or not. I have self-control, I can help myself.

[@rsenl7270]

I believe in attention to detail, but I also believe in a thing called overkill.

[@cat679]

These melons are grown to near perfection and used as gifts. I think it is good since it is these small scale farmers who can profit from their hard work and dedication to their craft. I rather get a perfect melon than a diamond ring lol.

[@delilah28100]

This is a nice thought! Most farmers in my country live in poverty line, but this practice in Japan showed how they value the works of their farmers.

[@UrbanSipfly]

I actually ate one of those expensive melons...and then went through a series of bankruptcies and mortgage foreclosures.

[@Paradigm_pixel]

When I was in Japan we saw a 1,250 dollar mango. Lost my fuckin mind

[@adrienneclarke3953]

Haha when we were kids before fruit was shipped freely Interstate, we would visit my grandparents in Queensland and there are photos of us on the back steps near the canals, the kids gorging on watermelon and my Dad literally covered in mango juice. Am old enough to remember when you only ate local season fruits and vegetables because the shipping costs were so high to get anything off season or from other parts of the country.

[@tronganhvu1333]

@@adrienneclarke3953 Same here, In my childhood, no way our child have to spend money on fruit like mango, guava... we only eat every wild fruit available like guava or simply stole some mangoes or corn from our neighbor

[@Sai_an]

Japanese melons are the best in the world, says nobody but Japanese melon farmers. They must be blocking imports cause those prices ard crazy.

[@dennis9584]

You know there is normal melon in Japan right?

[@Hektols]

@@Sai_an Due to population and lack of suitable soil for agriculture Japan has to import about 15% of the food it consumes. This leads to some products like fruit being more expensive than other countries.

[@crzmicky]

KpopHooked Channel I mean duh have have you seen Japan, it’s small as hell and filled with people. No room for cheap food to be grown unlike the USA where most of our nation is flat in the end middle

[@crzmicky]

KpopHooked Channel for its population yes, it’s about the same size as California with 3x the population at 129mil versus California’s 40 mil

[@noobhackerreported7239]

They block imports of melons cause of potential diseases.

[@neseltunii1927]

Everyone is talking about the melons but I’m seriously impressed with that guys English despite living in Japan

[@CrazyCrits]

Actually, Hollywood has the most expensive melons.

[@shannalese]

Hehehehe...you sly joker😂😂😂🤣

[@eddie-n3v5s]

Yes especially the Kardashian melon variety...

[@banana-pp9kn]

booooobs

[@arungautam3454]

Here in India, one can buy exactly similar melons for less than $1 per kilogram. They are superb in taste. Ranging from mildly sweet to supersweet.

[@carknower]

Not exactly similar. Not at all

[@nishyt2366]

my exact thought... ye to school ke bahar 5Rs mein milte the

[@headtur]

Ok

[@meliodas5147]

Yes

[@indiancowpeedrinker9241]

Atleast Japanese people don't poo on the streets

[@samuelmontypython8381]

I live in Japan and this is so true. It’s WAY overpriced. I put a pack of three nice looking mangos in my shopping cart in Okinawa and it was $45.00, ridiculous. I put them back on the shelf. Melons are worse. But I actually tried their mangos and melons and wow the taste really is high class! Not worth a day’s wages though

[@Tonyisgaming]

In Japan: They grow ancient melons that are extremely delicate but delicious when taken care of… therefore the farmers profit less and have to charge a higher premium and profit where they can. In America: We farm the most pest resistant melons by the millions. Melons that have have thick skins and that ripen slower so they won’t rot on shipping trucks. Melons that have less sugar and nutrients. And what is all this excess for? To let them become so cheap and so abundant that we end up having to let them rot by the thousands in huge fields. Some might say the Japanese are crazy for this… I think it’s just a matter of perspective.

[@Tonyisgaming]

By the way, forgot to mention that American farmers aren’t even happy about this. Their crops are becoming more and more worthless. American Farming is becoming one of the most dangerous businesses to enter due to this. Almost guaranteed bankruptcy within 3 years. And this issue isn’t just an American issue. It happens in England and throughout Europe. Jeremy Clarkson shows this well on his recent show “Clarkson’s Farm”

[@neveenjo5398]

Me watching this appreciating our 2$ melon.

[@gun123456zak]

2 dollars is five melons where I'm from

[@AG-en5y]

Mate in Sweden one of these green melons is like $7 USD. where you live?

[@septyaniandesnayohanes9903]

@@AG-en5y In Indonesia u only need 2$ for 3 melon

[@katatat2030]

@@AG-en5y In the California bay area, the green ones are around $5 and cantaloupes are 2.50

[@razz4200]

@@katatat2030 ; if you could honestly describe the taste. Do they both taste like melons, i mean one could be sweeter, have a beautiful fragrance etc. How big a difference do you see and if you care to explain to someone who hasn't tasted one.

[@ghazalttt]

They’re melons for gods sake!! Massaging them won’t change them into a gold melon 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@marlymcfly1991]

Maybe it does something to the appearance from the outside tho. More pronounced netting pattern or whatever. Idk, i agree it seems like too much tho. That's too much, man

[@adlerzwei]

That's why Japan is such a highly developed society. People put work in everything.

[@crzmicky]

Idk man if essential oils are a thing then surely massaging a melon must do something

[@kimseokjin6691]

Please respect their culture. Japan puts a lot of effort into everything.

[@marlymcfly1991]

@@crzmicky Essential Oils are great though, they have amazing properties, dependin on what they are derived from, that are actually super useful and helpful. Have you used them before?

[@ishpal25]

5:30 Me is confusion “So they sell their sons and daughters?”

[@niccolopaganini8325]

It means they care a lot about the melon.

[@SuffianMohammed]

They send their melons to school

[@42_10_]

nuhh you cant sell sons or daughters if you ain't have one

[@mcfourth]

Lol 😂

[@siddharth2796]

Yup

[@spacecowboy801]

No one: Japan @ 5:30: grow melon like sons and daughters

[@anm5079]

Mom : What do you want for your birthday? Me : A melon

[@tqdinh2]

Alec S 😂

[@MrMilanoLau]

I prefer the money that can buy the melon

[@yjsohn416]

They make it sound like using raised beds is some exclusive nippon technology... except greenhouses use raised benches all the time

[@e13b]

i whorely agreed with your saiyng

[@chrisperez7656]

Sounds like Apple...

[@satriaamiluhur622]

Then again, Japan is among the most expensive place to live in. Their distribution system is unnecessarily convoluted and wasted lots of time, they love to create "exclusive" goods - basically normal things just little more polished and thus more expensive, and japanese themselves are no complainers, they just pay.

[@chigasaki06]

Have you lived there? Don't believe the hype, the cost of living is not bad depending on where you live. I lived in Tokyo, and the cost of living was reasonable. Also, the taste/quality is much better than ordinary melons. I had it once just to see if it was legit. Best melon I've ever had, but I'll never have it again, lol.

[@artsho]

your comment is just wrong. for one, japan is NOT among the most expensive places to live - you can see that by the low rate of homelessness and high savings rate compared to the rest of the world(even in Tokyo there are plenty of affordable places). second, how is exclusive goods a Japanese thing? plenty of western cultures indulge in exclusive things - all the way from club house memberships to seasonal fast food items.

[@aaron4820]

We gifted one of these (lower range ones, around 100usd) as a gift when we visited another family, I vividly remember the reaction their 8 years old had when he ate a piece for the first time of his life, his reaction and facial expression truly captured just how much better than these melons are, there was no social pressure to like it, no pretence, it's just very delicious in ways normal melons don't even come close. They are to melons what what wagyu is to beef.

[@codemcloud6073]

My first thought was kobe or wagyu beef lol