Yowsers!

Some of the things they sell in the grocery stores over here, I just don't understand WHO would possibly buy them.

For instance, this fruit basket....I think the price was somewhere around 2980 yen, which comes out to about $35. Each fruit is wrapped in foam and protected. They must be for gifts...but it's cheaper to buy a whole box of one kind of fruit, rather than these fruit baskets.

Another thing that completely blows my mind is the price of melons in Japan!!! See this melon with a pink ribbon and a cushioned box? Youwon't believe how EXPENSIVE it is. It's a whopping 4980 yen...i.e. $60!!!

How many do you think you can buy with that $60?! ONE...that's right, just ONE! Of course, I did sneak a shot of the nicely wrapped expensive fruits, but still....they wouldn't sell them like this if no one bought them, so that must mean SOMEONE buys them, right?

I think it's insane. One melon for $60 bucks?! Gosh, I think you can probably buy 50 for the same price in the States! Mind you, these expensive melons DO taste good. They're not crunchy like the melons in the States. Japanese melons MELT in your mouth basically. They're super sweet too. I should add that they do have cheaper melons too.

Like I said before, food is REALLY IMPORTANT here, so that must be why such expensive fruit exists. I'm not used to food being so expensive, so even when I see some that I want to eat, I look at the price and my craving for whatever I was reaching for subsides.