YAMAGATA, Japan (Bernama-Kyodo): Premium "Sato Nishiki” cherries from the north-eastern Japanese prefecture of Yamagata fetched record prices at the year’s first auctions on Monday, including 1.8 million yen (US$11,500) for a box at a Tokyo market, or more than 26,000 yen per cherry, Kyodo News Agency reported.
An auction in the city of Tendo in Yamagata, Japan’s main cherry-producing prefecture, also sold a 68-cherry box for a record 1.55 million yen.
