Why Japanese Melons Are So Expensive | So Expensive

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  • čas přidán 14. 06. 2019
  • 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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  • @michellek4349
    @michellek4349 Před 4 lety +8546

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

  • @osamaikram7677
    @osamaikram7677 Před 5 lety +11856

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

    • @Scho-penhauer
      @Scho-penhauer Před 5 lety +185

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

    • @osamaikram7677
      @osamaikram7677 Před 5 lety +259

      Women have expensive melons too!

    • @shkoata366
      @shkoata366 Před 5 lety +70

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

    • @SaloneDutchess
      @SaloneDutchess Před 5 lety +11

      shko ata goodluck mate

    • @RandomPerson-jo7cw
      @RandomPerson-jo7cw Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @christopherramos8490
    @christopherramos8490 Před 3 lety +3341

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

    • @yami_garasu
      @yami_garasu Před 2 lety +304

      iT tAkeS YearS tO MAstEr

    • @vyskens2525
      @vyskens2525 Před 2 lety +70

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

    • @Sturmbannfuhrer_OttoGunsche
      @Sturmbannfuhrer_OttoGunsche Před 2 lety +135

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

    • @mastersonogashira1796
      @mastersonogashira1796 Před 2 lety +72

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

    • @MoneylineMadden
      @MoneylineMadden Před 2 lety +18

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

  • @gastronomygal482
    @gastronomygal482 Před 2 lety +420

    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
      @conjurorofcheaptricks8944 Před 2 lety +31

      American fruit tastes like medicine

    • @indiancowpeedrinker9241
      @indiancowpeedrinker9241 Před 2 lety +4

      In inidya we schit on the road

    • @taylorglace7360
      @taylorglace7360 Před 2 lety +4

      @@conjurorofcheaptricks8944 you probably have store bought fruit then

    • @wazzlopiok240
      @wazzlopiok240 Před 2 lety +19

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

    • @katondragonrider
      @katondragonrider Před 2 lety

      @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

  • @oreo0sama
    @oreo0sama Před 4 lety +3171

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

  • @azmayeenarafin6518
    @azmayeenarafin6518 Před 5 lety +2044

    Thief breaks into house
    Me: protects melon at all cost

    • @haithemali4769
      @haithemali4769 Před 5 lety +34

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

    • @shauryagahlot376
      @shauryagahlot376 Před 5 lety +36

      Just eat it to ensure the protection

    • @jenimarai1906
      @jenimarai1906 Před 5 lety +8

      Oh lol, I dint see that One Coming.

    • @sanieisleam3225
      @sanieisleam3225 Před 5 lety

      🤣🤣::))... oui ... at all cost

    • @zaph2580
      @zaph2580 Před 5 lety +12

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

  • @Aragonaeranseventh
    @Aragonaeranseventh Před 3 lety +518

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

    • @NordeggSonya
      @NordeggSonya Před 2 lety +8

      Not in Canada! (how I wish!)

    • @mahdyfouad
      @mahdyfouad Před 2 lety +4

      not in egypt

    • @Aragonaeranseventh
      @Aragonaeranseventh Před 2 lety +8

      @@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
      @Aragonaeranseventh Před 2 lety

      @@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
      @Magisktification Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @LyroLife
    @LyroLife Před 2 lety +24

    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
      @sassychimpanzee7431 Před rokem +2

      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
      @walkwithred Před 8 měsíci

      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
      @nurse956 Před měsícem

      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😂😂.

  • @ryanporter9339
    @ryanporter9339 Před 5 lety +2212

    Shiit these melons better be giving me super powers

  • @RM-fd6lz
    @RM-fd6lz Před 5 lety +2369

    Air conditioning??? Melons living better than me

    • @chisai6315
      @chisai6315 Před 5 lety +139

      Daily care + hand massages living better than all of us

    • @jja1483
      @jja1483 Před 5 lety +7

      He was massaging melons😃

    • @jennyleung92
      @jennyleung92 Před 5 lety +3

      😂😂😂😂 live better than everyone

    • @game1mail324
      @game1mail324 Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @randhir4278
      @randhir4278 Před 5 lety

      Game1 mail kidneys are

  • @akrich8640
    @akrich8640 Před 2 lety +23

    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
      @dsadik666 Před rokem +2

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

    • @zkme2734
      @zkme2734 Před rokem +2

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

  • @tangieeee
    @tangieeee Před 2 lety +58

    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.

  • @l.u.i.s._.8452
    @l.u.i.s._.8452 Před 3 lety +667

    Everywhere else: food
    Japan: ✨aesthetics✨

    • @lemonyskunkketts7781
      @lemonyskunkketts7781 Před 3 lety +9

      Nothing wrong with sourcing the finest genetics for food.

    • @impoppy9145
      @impoppy9145 Před 2 lety +9

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

    • @lgbm777
      @lgbm777 Před rokem +2

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

    • @Aneoca
      @Aneoca Před rokem

      @@lgbm777 You do know fruits are plant ovaries

  • @ismailwarsi
    @ismailwarsi Před 3 lety +890

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

  • @adityaceo
    @adityaceo Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @saveir6601
    @saveir6601 Před 2 lety +15

    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

  • @imnav4661
    @imnav4661 Před 3 lety +2538

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

  • @wehabagde8159
    @wehabagde8159 Před 3 lety +983

    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.

  • @nataliemunoz8600
    @nataliemunoz8600 Před 2 lety +12

    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
      @pablo17667140 Před 2 lety +1

      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
      @amaze3788 Před 2 lety

      Yea my thoughts exactly

    • @magnusmuir
      @magnusmuir Před rokem

      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.

  • @arifiantom4208
    @arifiantom4208 Před 2 lety

    Great insight. Thanks for sharing this 👍👍

    • @arifiantom4208
      @arifiantom4208 Před 2 lety

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

  • @sohamchakraborty3220
    @sohamchakraborty3220 Před 3 lety +886

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

    • @avarmauk
      @avarmauk Před 3 lety +1

      Lol

    • @impalamama7302
      @impalamama7302 Před 2 lety +3

      Or you could just be dyslexic

    • @leejang2311
      @leejang2311 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @impalamama7302
      @impalamama7302 Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @alvin6198
      @alvin6198 Před 2 lety

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

  • @JuanMDiaz-rs6cf
    @JuanMDiaz-rs6cf Před 4 lety +1810

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

    • @Kirby23232323
      @Kirby23232323 Před 4 lety +220

      no, they use fairy tears and unicorn crap

    • @molly-zx9cr
      @molly-zx9cr Před 4 lety +47

      Nah it’s just a publicity stunt

    • @awara1000
      @awara1000 Před 4 lety +2

      Juan M. Diaz epic & lovely!

    • @ariesrule2001
      @ariesrule2001 Před 4 lety +9

      That's someone yearly income. Crazy😳

    • @mirinsa2836
      @mirinsa2836 Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @rhikimarou
    @rhikimarou Před 3 lety +7

    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.

  • @redredredredred8577
    @redredredredred8577 Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @plc3653
    @plc3653 Před 5 lety +132

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

    • @thebeyonder8814
      @thebeyonder8814 Před 4 lety

      Lmao bro good job buddy😂

    • @blacksun4316
      @blacksun4316 Před 4 lety

      😂😂😂😂

    • @oaverage_bird
      @oaverage_bird Před 3 lety

      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
      @Autchoiiy Před 3 lety

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

    • @oaverage_bird
      @oaverage_bird Před 3 lety

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

  • @fionac8346
    @fionac8346 Před 5 lety +1260

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

  • @CarolineNiggAyaLee-Janet
    @CarolineNiggAyaLee-Janet Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @tl3139
    @tl3139 Před 2 lety

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

  • @LioF20
    @LioF20 Před 5 lety +1133

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

    • @johndowe7003
      @johndowe7003 Před 5 lety +10

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

    • @gorgeousg7296
      @gorgeousg7296 Před 5 lety

      ur devil 😈

    • @yukkireina
      @yukkireina Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @devilssouls221
      @devilssouls221 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @Dimaz42
      @Dimaz42 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @PianoRootsMusic
    @PianoRootsMusic Před 5 lety +2851

    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
      @fmga Před 5 lety +45

      Piano Roots Music *on two melons

    • @cardodalitay9184
      @cardodalitay9184 Před 5 lety +17

      @@fmga A GREAT PRICE

    • @whatuser9802
      @whatuser9802 Před 4 lety +2

      👌

    • @sophia-jd8po
      @sophia-jd8po Před 4 lety +19

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

    • @ja1207
      @ja1207 Před 4 lety +2

      I HAVE TWO....MELONS!!

  • @sanjaykala5711
    @sanjaykala5711 Před 2 lety

    Great video
    Really informative

  • @shanmugapriyasr8617
    @shanmugapriyasr8617 Před 2 lety

    Stunning hard work. Great

  • @glampie155
    @glampie155 Před 5 lety +2021

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

    • @alexregner2555
      @alexregner2555 Před 5 lety +20

      Edelyn N i feel you

    • @pinkheart315
      @pinkheart315 Před 5 lety +10

      Exactly and you still have a lot of money left

    • @kamikuru5398
      @kamikuru5398 Před 5 lety +45

      You have big lips

    • @angureyna
      @angureyna Před 5 lety +16

      broke ass

    • @dereknyc4402
      @dereknyc4402 Před 5 lety +38

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

  • @artemisackerman6374
    @artemisackerman6374 Před 4 lety +497

    And here i am purchasing 2 melons for 1.50$

    • @mistirion4929
      @mistirion4929 Před 3 lety +32

      Yeah and you made the right decision

    • @happyhuman7555
      @happyhuman7555 Před 3 lety +24

      Here in india organically grown melon cost 0.1$ per melon

    • @mistirion4929
      @mistirion4929 Před 3 lety +5

      @@happyhuman7555 nice

    • @aesirclassicpubgm8228
      @aesirclassicpubgm8228 Před 3 lety +3

      Here 0.49cents🤣🤣🤣

    • @feroze2887
      @feroze2887 Před 3 lety +3

      @@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.

  • @bikksh2650
    @bikksh2650 Před 3 lety +1

    Massaging the melon with white glove is the secret 😂😂

  • @aspectparadox6654
    @aspectparadox6654 Před 2 lety

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

  • @kevinmai842
    @kevinmai842 Před 5 lety +623

    Why don't Melons get married?
    They just Cantaloupe

    • @nathanpoole6806
      @nathanpoole6806 Před 5 lety +3

      Kevin Mai this comment needs more recognition. 10/10

    • @ericmiranda1255
      @ericmiranda1255 Před 5 lety +7

      ba dum tss! 🥁

    • @Kkamikoee
      @Kkamikoee Před 5 lety +4

      Kevin Mai stfu lol 😂

    • @ccsilva6110
      @ccsilva6110 Před 5 lety

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

    • @finjames4878
      @finjames4878 Před 5 lety

      面白い!

  • @orangeboy97
    @orangeboy97 Před 5 lety +608

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

  • @lukaszzz365
    @lukaszzz365 Před 2 lety

    Truly amazing!

  • @NeverGonnaTellALie
    @NeverGonnaTellALie Před 2 lety

    I feel lucky having a melon tree in our backyard.

  • @seaweedsan3013
    @seaweedsan3013 Před 5 lety +411

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

    • @quinn9310
      @quinn9310 Před 4 lety +14

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

    • @deisynoestamuerta
      @deisynoestamuerta Před 4 lety +9

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

    • @hue_nuts
      @hue_nuts Před 4 lety +1

      poor melon lol

    • @fengxu7085
      @fengxu7085 Před 4 lety

      🤣 Don't do that!

    • @josevelasco8689
      @josevelasco8689 Před 3 lety

      Lmfao

  • @dr_outcast9385
    @dr_outcast9385 Před 5 lety +602

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

  • @travellerk1956
    @travellerk1956 Před 3 lety +2

    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.

  • @LamboV12
    @LamboV12 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @idkwhatamdoing4346
    @idkwhatamdoing4346 Před 5 lety +269

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

  • @NarkarBros
    @NarkarBros Před 3 lety +1990

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

    • @henriquepelim4246
      @henriquepelim4246 Před 3 lety +44

      💪🇮🇳

    • @thatguy6715
      @thatguy6715 Před 3 lety +26

      @Tastor*STFU*

    • @vedgehawk13
      @vedgehawk13 Před 3 lety +3

      @Tastor oof buuuuuurn

    • @dhanlaxmibhonsale8695
      @dhanlaxmibhonsale8695 Před 3 lety +21

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

    • @nishagangwani7195
      @nishagangwani7195 Před 3 lety +86

      😂😂 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!

  • @dovespaligrino8312
    @dovespaligrino8312 Před 2 lety +1

    This guy must be making millions.
    At those prices, I'll talk to those Mellon's...lol

  • @STREETFOODJOURNEY5
    @STREETFOODJOURNEY5 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @lovemoviesful2
    @lovemoviesful2 Před 5 lety +308

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

  • @euphonious7745
    @euphonious7745 Před 5 lety +447

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

    • @Dylan_Otto
      @Dylan_Otto Před 4 lety +15

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

    • @zakadams762
      @zakadams762 Před 4 lety +12

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

  • @gitsurfer27
    @gitsurfer27 Před 2 lety +67

    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
      @kingo_friver Před 2 lety +5

      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
      @Baronight Před 2 lety +3

      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
      @gitsurfer27 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kingo_friver You sound kinda devious lol

    • @kingo_friver
      @kingo_friver Před 2 lety

      @@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
      @kingo_friver Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @baderalbuloushi8369
    @baderalbuloushi8369 Před 3 lety

    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

  • @Brun3xx
    @Brun3xx Před 5 lety +752

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

    • @tqdinh2
      @tqdinh2 Před 5 lety

      Clash Smashing 😂

    • @hodec8451
      @hodec8451 Před 5 lety +3

      Getting '7 rings' vibes😂😂😂

    • @gravecode
      @gravecode Před 5 lety +3

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

    • @uli_734
      @uli_734 Před 5 lety

      😆

    • @boulderbash19700209
      @boulderbash19700209 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @nthnmc
    @nthnmc Před 5 lety +473

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

  • @SmolShady
    @SmolShady Před 2 lety

    Oh to be a Japanese melon being lovingly taken care of every day by your gentle farmer.

  • @nikitadorzhin7969
    @nikitadorzhin7969 Před 2 lety

    so touching for an excellent video

  • @Slipith
    @Slipith Před 3 lety +182

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

  • @Ashli-Renee
    @Ashli-Renee Před 5 lety +508

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

    • @FussyPickles
      @FussyPickles Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @tqdinh2
      @tqdinh2 Před 5 lety +2

      Ashli Reneé 😂

    • @jahmein9976
      @jahmein9976 Před 5 lety +2

      me rn

    • @timkebienda1809
      @timkebienda1809 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @goldlilsniper4129
      @goldlilsniper4129 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @deerinheadlights9784
    @deerinheadlights9784 Před 2 lety

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

  • @kaminoeiyuu4314
    @kaminoeiyuu4314 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice trailer, when's* the anime coming out

  • @NEWARTSTUDiOS
    @NEWARTSTUDiOS Před 3 lety +863

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

    • @noyselee
      @noyselee Před 3 lety +3

      Riight

    • @MGM_Think
      @MGM_Think Před 3 lety +14

      Money laundry.

    • @silveradotow957
      @silveradotow957 Před 3 lety +3

      Farmers footsteps

    • @programmerPo
      @programmerPo Před 3 lety +1

      @@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
      @selfmade128 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @PatrickPierceBateman
    @PatrickPierceBateman Před 5 lety +2107

    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
      @electronicshaman Před 5 lety +78

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

    • @SunlightSomeDay
      @SunlightSomeDay Před 5 lety +162

      @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
      @PatrickPierceBateman Před 5 lety +48

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

    • @kobepower
      @kobepower Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @SunlightSomeDay
      @SunlightSomeDay Před 5 lety +92

      ​@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.

  • @broken8wt407
    @broken8wt407 Před 2 lety

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

  • @song1861
    @song1861 Před 2 lety

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

  • @yoshigamer2174
    @yoshigamer2174 Před 4 lety +520

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

    • @Kim-ou7lc
      @Kim-ou7lc Před 3 lety

      House

    • @DarkShadow0_0
      @DarkShadow0_0 Před 3 lety +20

      It ain't a watermelon homie

    • @preppyprbsims5030
      @preppyprbsims5030 Před 3 lety +2

      Weird flex but ok.

    • @ncgpheonix8974
      @ncgpheonix8974 Před 3 lety +2

      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
      @donnmerchant4654 Před 3 lety

      @@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.

  • @marilynalvarez9951
    @marilynalvarez9951 Před 5 lety +504

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

    • @bca-biciclindcuaxel7527
      @bca-biciclindcuaxel7527 Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @bca-biciclindcuaxel7527
      @bca-biciclindcuaxel7527 Před 4 lety +8

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

    • @paolocruz2578
      @paolocruz2578 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @BaHaEzZz
      @BaHaEzZz Před 4 lety +4

      @@paolocruz2578 you re not. He is

    • @t4yyib_iq
      @t4yyib_iq Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @Lieutenant_Dude
    @Lieutenant_Dude Před 2 lety +4

    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.

  • @munabarthinarayanrao6536
    @munabarthinarayanrao6536 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @abrahamthomas215
    @abrahamthomas215 Před 3 lety +631

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

    • @notgian_
      @notgian_ Před 3 lety +19

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

    • @carloscruz8564
      @carloscruz8564 Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @jajajinks1569
      @jajajinks1569 Před 3 lety +41

      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
      @rezkydonnyputranto4232 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @jajajinks1569
      @jajajinks1569 Před 3 lety +13

      ​@Despacito? Ka-chow CZcams 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.

  • @TheSquidPro
    @TheSquidPro Před 5 lety +323

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

    • @VickiTakacs.
      @VickiTakacs. Před 5 lety +5

      Exactly. Crooks.

    • @EckRD
      @EckRD Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @juanjr3917
      @juanjr3917 Před 5 lety

      Spelled cartel wrong

    • @TheSquidPro
      @TheSquidPro Před 5 lety

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

    • @bennyrodriguez8788
      @bennyrodriguez8788 Před 5 lety

      Excellent analogy

  • @IsraelQuezada999
    @IsraelQuezada999 Před 2 lety

    I can't believe this. Here in México, when it's melon season, they're 2 or 3 for a dollar.

  • @CHEONGJIALEClassE
    @CHEONGJIALEClassE Před rokem

    So that’s why Yoshi and Kirby (in Mass Attack) like melons so much.

  • @margaritam.9118
    @margaritam.9118 Před 5 lety +447

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

  • @mohdhakimi3307
    @mohdhakimi3307 Před 3 lety +588

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

    • @tfoepe
      @tfoepe Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @HCILI
      @HCILI Před 3 lety +4

      Japan grapes... and I took that personal.

    • @mrisfanbs
      @mrisfanbs Před 3 lety +2

      Lol

  • @thanhthai3717
    @thanhthai3717 Před 2 lety

    And then the auction buyer and the melon company went celebrate together 😁

  • @brenwicks
    @brenwicks Před 2 lety

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

  • @stevenee1ply
    @stevenee1ply Před 5 lety +601

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

    • @awara1000
      @awara1000 Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @adityaanand2315
      @adityaanand2315 Před 4 lety

      😀😀😀😀

    • @ktnwood21
      @ktnwood21 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @bulltron8926
      @bulltron8926 Před 4 lety +12

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

    • @ktnwood21
      @ktnwood21 Před 4 lety +1

      @@bulltron8926 Too right buddy

  • @darrenbootay3340
    @darrenbootay3340 Před 3 lety +952

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

    • @choeenoevue7775
      @choeenoevue7775 Před 3 lety +76

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

    • @osama_falih
      @osama_falih Před 3 lety +78

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

    • @percyjcksson9401
      @percyjcksson9401 Před 3 lety +9

      @@choeenoevue7775 what about you nerd

    • @choeenoevue7775
      @choeenoevue7775 Před 3 lety +37

      @@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
      @noone-iq4eq Před 3 lety +25

      We get 2 for a $ here in india

  • @ARandomTexan
    @ARandomTexan Před 2 lety

    Me: it’s a cantaloupe you-

  • @Joydip.Chakraborty
    @Joydip.Chakraborty Před 3 lety +1

    So why these melons are so expensive
    Melon harvesters : yes

  • @bobocpe
    @bobocpe Před 5 lety +332

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

    • @EckRD
      @EckRD Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @lumi5056
      @lumi5056 Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @benryan6130
      @benryan6130 Před 5 lety +2

      @@lumi5056 no just no

    • @elie3423
      @elie3423 Před 5 lety +1

      @@EckRD in china, you get what you payed

    • @kaykay2144
      @kaykay2144 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @MAVERICKSGR99
    @MAVERICKSGR99 Před 5 lety +301

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

  • @neseltunii1927
    @neseltunii1927 Před 2 lety

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

  • @stk.plantation2912
    @stk.plantation2912 Před rokem

    amazingly good melon fruit

  • @weeb6440
    @weeb6440 Před 3 lety +397

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

    • @jjba3571
      @jjba3571 Před 3 lety

      Same

    • @nathanfarr389
      @nathanfarr389 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @emma1075
      @emma1075 Před 3 lety +1

      ayo🔉 AYO‼️‼️🔊🔊gojo pfp💯

    • @classical7
      @classical7 Před 3 lety

      Same 🤣

    • @syfinx4985
      @syfinx4985 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @missScarlatine
    @missScarlatine Před 5 lety +367

    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
      @v1ctin Před 5 lety +17

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

    • @K-IA
      @K-IA Před 5 lety +18

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

    • @sanjogpawar1874
      @sanjogpawar1874 Před 5 lety +10

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

    • @salimahmedali9249
      @salimahmedali9249 Před 5 lety +5

      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. czcams.com/video/QF695hR5ysc/video.html

    • @missScarlatine
      @missScarlatine Před 5 lety

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

  • @soufiane-STRONG
    @soufiane-STRONG Před 2 lety

    In my country, Morocco, there are all kinds, from north to south, and it is sold at a cheap price of 1 dh per kilo, which means 0.50

  • @AC-ly6tg
    @AC-ly6tg Před 3 lety

    Dude wiping the Mellon 😂😂😂

    • @AC-ly6tg
      @AC-ly6tg Před 3 lety

      *polishing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jirace
    @jirace Před 5 lety +472

    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
      @omarct Před 5 lety +58

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

    • @jackx123
      @jackx123 Před 5 lety +1

      activelink activdisc lol stupid

    • @maxali5320
      @maxali5320 Před 5 lety +5

      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
      @omarct Před 5 lety +14

      @@maxali5320 apple sells overpriced junk

    • @TombstoneHeart
      @TombstoneHeart Před 5 lety +21

      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.

  • @putradesa8210
    @putradesa8210 Před 3 lety +153

    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
      @serendipity6720 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @serendipity6720
      @serendipity6720 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @Roguehamy
    @Roguehamy Před 2 lety

    It should give me some superpowers after eating it for that price💀

  • @davidyang102
    @davidyang102 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @catmarvelous7508
    @catmarvelous7508 Před 5 lety +295

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

    • @huntress44
      @huntress44 Před 5 lety +13

      yeah they have a separate auction for perfect mangoes

    • @YoutubesaysimCyberbully
      @YoutubesaysimCyberbully Před 5 lety +1

      @@huntress44 lmao

    • @tienvong7802
      @tienvong7802 Před 5 lety

      There video about $5000 for a pair of mango

    • @campkira
      @campkira Před 5 lety

      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
      @tqdinh2 Před 5 lety

      Cat Marvelous 😂

  • @riki4291
    @riki4291 Před 5 lety +82

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

  • @justwens2716
    @justwens2716 Před 2 lety

    bro for that price, when i eat the fruit, it better give me superpowers with it.

  • @sdarmawan2508
    @sdarmawan2508 Před 2 lety

    I can easily eat melon for free laughing while watching this

  • @okaoki
    @okaoki Před 5 lety +449

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

    • @t0neeh213
      @t0neeh213 Před 5 lety +8

      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
      @waddefaq4325 Před 5 lety +19

      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
      @idreeslonne9990 Před 5 lety +1

      Apple monitor stand should be priced around 100$

    • @iamthehype3684
      @iamthehype3684 Před 5 lety +1

      @@idreeslonne9990 more like less than 50$

    • @TvConfusionn
      @TvConfusionn Před 5 lety

      The Great Eldian Empire
      No because you can eat the melon

  • @Paradigm_pixel
    @Paradigm_pixel Před 3 lety +40

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

    • @adrienneclarke3953
      @adrienneclarke3953 Před 2 lety +3

      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
      @tronganhvu1333 Před 2 lety +1

      @@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

  • @victorywringer683
    @victorywringer683 Před 2 lety

    Japan has mastered the art of, "When you tell people something is more expensive, it tastes better".

  • @7ajhubbell
    @7ajhubbell Před 3 lety

    Thank you.