27000美元买俩哈密瓜揭秘日本“奢侈水果”文化_时事

27000美元买俩哈密瓜揭秘日本“奢侈水果”文化

在日本有这样一种商店，乍一看“高大上”的橱窗让你以为它是一家珠宝店。仔细一看，才发现，原来那些亮丽的“珠宝”竟然是水果。但再一看价牌上挂着好几个零的标价，你又发现，其实管这些水果叫“珠宝”也不为过。“奢侈水果”文化在日本相当流行，原因究竟是什么呢？一起来看一下吧。

It looks like a jewelry shop with its high-end exterior. But a peek inside the sparkling glass display cases at any of Sembikiya's Tokyo outlets reveals expensive treasures of a surprising kind.

东京千疋屋水果行店面高档，看起来像是珠宝行。但是透过任意一家千疋屋闪闪发亮的玻璃橱窗，你看到的都是意料之外的珍品。

From heart-shaped watermelons to "Ruby Roman" grapes, which are the size of a ping pong ball, this retailer specializes in selling mouth-watering produce at eye-watering prices.

从心形西瓜到乒乓球大小的“罗马红宝石”葡萄，这家零售店专门销售口感美味但贵到离谱的农产品。

Expensive, carefully-cultivated fruit, however, is not unique to Sembikiya's stores.

不过，这样价格昂贵、精心培育的水果并非是千疋屋水果行独有的。

Across Japan, such products regularly sell for tens of thousands of dollars at auction. In 2016, a pair of premium Hokkaido cantaloupe sold for a record $27,240 (3 million yen).