Pair of mangoes fetches record 400,000 yen at season's 1st auction

A pair of premium mangoes from Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan fetched a record 400,000 yen ($3,675) at the season's first auction at a local wholesale market on Thursday, shattering the previous high of 300,000 yen set in 2014 and 2015.High-end mangoes called "Taiyo no Tamago" (Egg of the Sun) weigh at least 350 grams and possess a high level of sugar content among other attributes, according to the Miyazaki Agricultural Economic Federation.The pricey pair, cased in a container and weighing in at a total of about 1 kilogram, will be sold at a department store in Fukuoka, the bigg…READ FULL ARTICLE