Why Japanese Melons Are So Expensive | So Expensive

From the Yubari King, to the Andes, the Higo Green Melon and many more. Melons are grown up and down Japan and they’re serious business. In May 2019, two melons from Hokkaido sold at auction for 5 million yen, that’s just over $45,000. So what is it that makes this fruit so expensive?
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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

[@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 >

[@gastronomygal482]

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!

[@katondragonrider]

@Notorious 885 that's a dumb argument japan has a third of our population but only 4% of our landmass. America just have shitty laws regarding food safety. And this was cause by both democrats and republicans. No one cares for us here

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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😂😂.

[@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!!

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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

[@adityaceo]

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

[@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

[@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

[@arifiantom4208]

Great insight. Thanks for sharing this 👍👍

[@arifiantom4208]

Just realise it is 2 years ago and it is recommended to me just now. Haha

[@sanjaykala5711]

Great video Really informative

[@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.

[@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

[@shanmugapriyasr8617]

Stunning hard work. Great

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@Payaso_M13]

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

[@redredredredred8577]

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

[@lukaszzz365]

Truly amazing!

[@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♻️

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.”

[@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.

[@nikitadorzhin7969]

so touching for an excellent video

[@VRS0001]

😂😂😂 In India 🇮🇳, you can buy 5 Kg Melons 🍈 in a Single Dollar 💲 😂😂😂

[@pancakes8101]

Wow very funny 😂😂😂

[@bipinchandrasais6277]

True...i think in japan its over priced

[@blockmaster7777]

@@bipinchandrasais6277 they are higher quality

[@blockmaster7777]

Same in Vietnam , but the quality isnt the same.

[@blockmaster7777]

Its even cheaper in Vietnam , costing quarter of a dollar

[@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!

[@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]

🤣🤣🤣

[@munabarthinarayanrao6536]

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

[@LamboV12]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you.

[@erickescalante6118]

This is so beautiful.

[@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.*

[@stk.plantation2912]

amazingly good melon fruit

[@Joydip.Chakraborty]

So why these melons are so expensive Melon harvesters : yes

[@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

[@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.

[@bikksh2650]

Massaging the melon with white glove is the secret 😂😂

[@kaminoeiyuu4314]

Nice trailer, when's* the anime coming out

[@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"

[@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.

[@AiceQream]

the way they pronounce melon is the sole reason im staying to watch

[@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.

[@idkwhatamdoing4346]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@tl3139]

Gives new meaning to the term "Getting your melon polished."

[@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

[@euphonious7745]

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

[@song1861]

when it come to fruits in Japan it was another level.. No other country can even come close..

[@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.

[@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

[@baderalbuloushi8369]

Great info ... so it is expensive because each tree is growing 1 melon only picked from the early stages ... and that melon is polished and massaged by hasd while growing for appearance... now remains me tasting one if i ever go to japan to compare it to all the regular melons i tasted

[@rebeccagriswold282]

Impressive and very interesting. Who knew?

[@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.

[@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.

[@broken8wt407]

From deathbed: I spent my life polishing melons, melons. Worth it.

[@Goldone99]

Great Vape Flavor 😉

[@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

[@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!

[@mohammadsulaimanrasooly2575]

Very good melons farming

[@brenwicks]

What I learnt from this video is that if you marketing is key! This is like selling ice to eskimos!

[@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

[@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

[@richmondvand147]

Sortedfood bought a lower end one and ate it, holy crap the juice from that thing was insane it just kept coming out. They were flabbergasted with how good it was and that was shipped to the UK! Its funny how in most places this is all bs but in places like europe and japan these high end foods are 100% worth it

[@joruss443]

The man polishing the melons in cotton gloves probably makes more than doctors in some countries. Sorry I shouldn’t comment when I wake and bake

[@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

[@margaritam.9118]

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

[@rimbluebooks]

Deserved😂😂😂😂

[@TOAOM123]

Seppuku

[@skys6655]

*drops third bomb*

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

BITES ZA DUSTO

[@skys6655]

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

[@TIKTOK-ur6ep]

It is a wonderful and beautifully shaped fruit❤️🙂I am marroccian🇲🇦😘

[@JGsbackyardlettuceKagulay1]

I will plant that next month

[@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

[@darrenbootay3340]

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

[@choeenoevue7775]

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]

@@choeenoevue7775 what about you nerd

[@choeenoevue7775]

@@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

[@deerinheadlights9784]

I’m so confused right now. I’m just now discovering that this sort of luxury fruit market exists in Japan. Looks bussin

[@Anna-jr8gu]

Love the comments section! 😆

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@mohammadsulaimanrasooly2575]

Be happy, healthy and successful always

[@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

[@YoutubesaysimCyberbully]

@@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 😂

[@weeb6440]

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

[@NeverGonnaTellALie]

I feel lucky having a melon tree in our backyard.

[@fengshuimma9160]

Start business Create item Add “Japanese” to title of item Increase price X10 Sell to western world Win the game

[@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

[@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

[@aspectparadox6654]

I never knew that Majima pulling out the melon was actually a flex

[@davidyang102]

pretty sure the reason is: picking a melon takes 3 years to learn. growing a melon takes a lifetime of experience.

[@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