This Japanese Pyramid Watermelon Costs Thousands Of Dollars

Photo: Reddit / BaronVonBroccoli

The timing couldn’t be better—I was just thinking my cubed watermelon was starting to feel a bit too retro! I’m glad Japan never stops innovating, pushing technology forward in every industry imaginable. Now I can upgrade to the mind-bending Pyramid Watermelon instead!

The cube-shaped watermelon was already a marvel, but Japan has now taken the concept to another level. From the town of Tsukigata in Hokkaido, Japan, comes the pyramid-shaped watermelon, the latest innovation in the country’s luxury fruit market. Prices for this unique fruit range from around $394 (according to Avanti Asia) to as much as $1,400 (as reported on Reddit), depending on where you shop.

Japanese luxury fruit is a big industry in Japan, with each perfecture having their own speciality. Fukuoka Prefecture, for example, is known for the Amaou strawberry, which is considered the “King of Japanese Strawberries”. Okyama Perfecture is known as the “fruit kingdom” and specializes in white peaches. Gifu perfecture is known for their tennis ball-sized strawberries that can sell for more than 500,000 yen ($4,395) each.

If you’re at a point in life where dropping $4,400 on strawberries feels reasonable, then the Pyramid Watermelon is probably next on your luxury fruit shopping list.

Here’s the catch with this pyra-melon: it’s not edible. It’s purely decorative, much like the cube-shaped watermelon that had us intrigued before. In Japan, luxury fruit is often gifted, and this specific melon can last up to a month since it’s never actually ripe. Not that you couldn’t whip up a $27,000 fruit cocktail or ask a frutero to drizzle chamoy and Tajín on $13,000 worth of strawberries and muskmelon—you’d just have to skip the watermelons.

More content

Culture
Chipotle Collabs With NBA Stars To Create The Ultimate To-Go Bag
NBA players have turned the tunnels of arenas into fashion runways and now two of them are turning Chipotle takeout bags into couture.  Chipotle teamed…
,
CultureEating Out
Taiwan’s Top Buffet Serves Over 300 Delicacies
A Joy, Taipei 101’s newest buffet restaurant, has rapidly gained fame for serving over 300 Taiwanese seasonally-inspired delicacies since its July 2023 opening. Visitors will…
,
CultureEating Out
Nobu Is Bringing Omakase To Coachella—Here’s How To Book It
For 2025, Coachella introduces a new elevated culinary offering: Nobu’s pop-up omakase, brought to life by celebrated Chef Nobu Matsuhisa. This exclusive dining experience will…
,
Burger
We Deliver!

Enter your email address below and we'll deliver our top stories straight to your inbox