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The shape of the hard crackers resembles a Japanese harp or koto, or a bamboo stalk cut lengthways. Yatsuhashi was created in 1689 during the Genroku era (1688–1704) or in 1805 during the Bunka era (1804–1818) in the Edo period (1603–1868).
The melons are grown in boxes and take the shape of the container, and they tend to appeal to wealthy or fashionable consumers. In 2001, square watermelons sold for ¥10,000 in Japan (about US$83), two to three times the price of regular watermelons in Japanese stores. [3] [4] [5] In Canada in 2014, some sold for $200. [6]
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The Chicago area store is at 100 E. Algonquin Road in Arlington Heights, Illinois—one of a number of Japanese businesses in Arlington Heights—and opened in 1991. The store is open 365 days a year [9] from 9 am to 8 pm. Mitsuwa is the largest [10] Japanese marketplace in the Midwestern US. The Chicago store is one of three that are east of ...
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In Japan, the word for sweets or confectionery, kashi (菓子), originally referred to fruits and nuts. [5] Fruits and nuts may be eaten as snacks between meals and served as "sweets" during a tea ceremony. [6] The word Wa means "Japanese", and kashi becomes gashi in compound words, wagashi therefore means "Japanese confectionery". [6] [7]
Some Japanese people present Yubari King melons as gifts during Chūgen (中元). [4] At a Japanese auction in 2008, two Yubari King melons sold together for ¥2.5 million. [5] In 2016, Konishi Seika, a fruit and vegetable market in Amagasaki, bought a pair of Yubari King melons at auction with a winning bid of ¥3 million.