Japan Travel, Food & Sake (KCLIM): Yubari Melon 夕張メロン

We were on our way back to Sapporo. We made a stop at Yubari (夕張). Japanese melons were well known to be delicious and expensive. The most famous melons were from Yubari. In 2019, a pair of melons were sold at 5 million yen at an auction!

We stopped over at the Michi-no-Eki Yubari Merode. This was a highway road side station, but this was slightly further from the highway than usual. There was a supermarket (below). Unfortunately the season for Yubari melon had ended. We could only try melon ice cream and bun :(

We found another melon shop just beside the road station. They were selling melons from Asahikawa and Furano. Prices also ranged between 2,000 - 4,000 yen. We managed to pack one home :)