And 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? From the Yubari King to the Andes ...

For the world’s most expensive fruit, we journey to Hokkaido in Japan. Yubari melon is a prized Japanese cantaloupe that commands up to US$23,500 per 8-pound pair. Auctioned off as one of the ...

Midori is a Japanese liqueur made of yubari melon and musk melons, two prized melon varieties native to Japan. The famed melon liqueur is made by infusing a neutral grain spirit base with both ...