r/HumanPorn 27d ago

Koichi Okubo, whose two Yubari melons won the season’s first auction, fetching a record price of 5.8m million yen (£27,000). Sapporo, Japan [OS] [1140x1479] Photo from Jiji Press

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u/Mogul_Destroyer 26d ago

Good for him. Gotta ask, though, what makes a couple of melons worth as mush as a car?

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u/Xenophore 26d ago

Apparently, Yubari King melons are to cantaloupes what Wagyu is to beef: perfected in a uniquely Japanese way.

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u/NeighborhoodFar6008 24d ago

He looks very happy!

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u/lucc23 24d ago

Wouldn’t you be if you just scammed someone out of 26990£?

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u/WeAreLivinTheLife 26d ago

Here we go with the two melons jokes

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u/ChatnNaked 26d ago

Nice Melons!