Friday, June 30, 2006

Japanese Cherries


The cherry blossom season is around March~April in Japan, and it is now the 'Cherry Season'.
The most famous cherry brand in Japan is 'Satoh Nishiki'. There are very cheap cherries that cost about 398yen per package which are not so sweet and are rather small. But the big and very sweet ones are very expensive, and we are not able to buy these quite often. I love cherries and I eat them like crazy around this time of the year. I usually buy them via the internet straight from the cherry farms---and this year, I bought the most expensive cherries that I've ever bought in my entire life. These expensive cherries are often sent as gifts, so they are beautifully packed in a wooden box. The gold sticker on the box says that these cherries have won the award from the Minister of Agriculture 4 times. The regular price was 25,000 yen, but I bought it for 12,530 yen as I bidded it off at an internet auction. I tried one of these cherries today and it was big, juicy, sweet and was the most delicious cherry that I've ever had! It's a shame that I have to eat these cherries within a day or so... but of course I'll eat them while they are fresh and sweet.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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