The box of the Aomori Heartbeat cherry fetched the highest price of 500,000 yen ($3,500) per box during this year’s auction in Japan.
A box of 15 Aomori Heartbeat cherries fetched 500,000 yen at the auction in Japan, dropping comapred to the last year’s 600,000 yen ($4,300).
Ten boxes of the glossy, crimson-colored Juno Heart cherry variety were sold at the morning auction.
The Juno Heart was developed by an Aomori Prefecture-affiliated research center as an upscale gift item. They are among the largest of cherries grown in Japan.
To meet the standards of the Juno Heart, cherries must measure more than 2.8 centimeters in diameter and have 20-degree sugar content.
Of the Juno Heart, only those measuring at least 3.1 cm across are called Aomori Heartbeat, making them the pick of the crop.
