fruit
So everyone knows Japan is really expensive ... but fruit prices in some stores are just crazy. The exchange rate is about 1000 yen == $8.40, so...
if you are on a budget, you could pick up an apple for $6.50
or a grapefruit for $8.20
a dozen strawberries for $57.00
42 cherries for about $84...
or maybe a pair of beautiful melons for $205 ..

...new in the selection: the square water melon!!!

quite "cheap" these days for only $100!

and now hold on to the table!
150,000 yen is the price of this "brand" melon,
the first crop of this year.

thats an equivalent of $1,256 - no joke!!!