The first auction was held on the morning of the 5th in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture, where cherry production is thriving, and the high-class variety "Sato Nishiki", which was cultivated early, has the highest price of 1 million yen per box. The highest price has been updated.
The first auction was held at the Tendo Fruit and Vegetable Market in Tendo City from 7 am on the 5th, and three boxes of high-class varieties "Sato Nishiki" cultivated by local farmers in an agricultural greenhouse for the first auction were exhibited. ..
About 40 traders all wore masks and participated in the auction, and the best grade "Tokushu" 2L size "Sato Nishiki" with 500 grams per box was auctioned off for 1 million yen. It was.
According to JA Zen-Noh Yamagata, the winning bid for the first bid was 500,000 yen last year, which was the highest so far, so we have updated it significantly.
Tomohiko Togashi, general manager of the sales division of the agricultural products sales company in Tendo City, who made a successful bid, said, "Congratulations, so I hope this year will be a good year to overcome the new Corona."
According to JA Zen-Noh Yamagata, the first bid for cherries shipped from Yamagata Prefecture was held at the Ota Market in Tokyo on the morning of the 5th, and the highest bid was sold at 1 million yen, which exceeds last year's highest price of 800,000 yen. That is.