According to Japanese media reports, the high-end watermelon Hokkaido specialty watermelon watermelon field to help watermelon recently held in Sapporo city and Asahikawa City, the annual first auction of the fruit and vegetable market. The highest bid appeared in the Asahikawa market, a watermelon was 350000 yen (about 17600 RMB) prices take away.

Japanese media said the same day, in the above two markets were 234 watermelon auction. Local farmers said, thanks to the warm weather, this year's "watermelon bigger than last year in a circle".

It is reported that the watermelon auction prices as the same as in 2014. Is expected around early July this year will usher in the peak supply, in mid August before will be shipped about 7 million Tian watermelon, watermelon said.

Japanese media pointed out that the high price of this auction is also the history of the most, in 2008, the Asahikawa market, had taken a 650000 yen watermelon (about 39598 RMB).