Do you also love the refreshing and sweet taste of watermelon to cool you off on a sunny day?

Come to think of it – we can all enjoy a slice or two of this refreshing fruit whenever we want to. Did you know that you can find one of the world’s most expensive watermelons in Japan?

This watermelon is so expensive that one of the ways for you to get your hands on this sweet watermelon is to go on its auction and bid for it. The highest bid is around $10,000.00, and that is not a typo.

The Densuke watermelon is known for its beautiful black color. It’s also crisp and has a different kind of sweetness, according to the few who had the privilege of tasting this high-quality watermelon.

This beautiful fruit is exclusively cultivated and grown in the beautiful town of Toma, Hokkaido. The skilled farmers can only produce limited fruits, even in its peak season. That’s the reason why the demand for this fruit is high and its prices even higher.

The black Densuke watermelons are usually packed carefully in box cardboards and have stickers as proof that they are authentic.

Like most of us, you might be wondering why it’s so expensive?

Aside from the quality, the black rind, extra sweet taste, and the limited quantities, the Densuke watermelon is not that easy to grow.

First, they have to carefully prepare the soil. Then, once the seedlings are ready, they have to carefully take each seedling and carefully pair it with another seedling from another watermelon variant.

For another two weeks, they will be closely monitored before transferring them into the greenhouse. The farmers will then prepare the greenhouse to be suitable for the Densuke watermelons.

The process of transferring them in the greenhouse requires patience and utmost care.

Once little fruits are seen, the farmers will have to choose the best of the best and remove those who don’t look good. The remaining watermelons are then put on plastic trays.

At first, these watermelons look like ordinary ones with green rinds.

By the time they are ready to be harvested, their color would already be black, and their shape – as perfect as possible.

The next step is cleaning them. As usual, they are carefully cleaned and handled with extra care, so the watermelon’s quality remains the same.

They have a machine that polishes the watermelon’s rind to show its beautiful shiny black color. The Densuke watermelon is almost ready. You can already see how beautiful and shiny it is.

Look how perfect their shape is!

Some Densuke black watermelons are extra big, round, and heavy, these are more special and will be taken to an auction site.

Indeed, the hard labor, love, and dedication that every farmer puts into planting these black watermelons deserve to be recognized. No wonder it costs so much.

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Source: Noal Farm, Tasteatlas