Fuji Apples....hmmmm "oishi!" (delicious)
We stopped by this vegetable and fruit market along side of route 4 (somewhere before Nanbu Town) to buy some apples, I don't know the name of this place though
Fuji apples for sale: one pack ranges to 120 to 130 yen or $1.20 to $1.30, 6pcs to 12pcs each pack (depending on their weight)
Fuji apples: 18 to 24pcs depending on their sizes/weight, price ranges to 350 to 600 yen ($3.50 to $6)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Since we arrived here in Japan I've been enjoying the sweetness and crispiness of "fuji apples."
My kids love fuji apples; everyday my son always brings some slices of apple for his snack in school. He started to like apple when we got here, when we were in US he never even tasted it.
Last Saturday I bought 31 pcs of medium apples (3 packs of different sizes) for 400 yen or $4 from this market, an hour and a half drive from our place. We're supposed to look for strawberry picking place but ended up buying apples instead :-)
When we went to Tokyo this February I saw the price of their apples; it's a 100 yen ($1) a piece, now I feel lucky that at least we live in Aomori prefecture and found out our apples are cheaper but still I just have to bear the cold winter in here while enjoying eating apples :-)
According to wikipedia:
The Fuji apple is developed by growers at the Tohoku Research Station in Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan in the late 1930s and brought to market in 1962. It is a cross between two American apple varieties, the Red Delicious and old Virginia Ralls Genet (sometimes cited as "Rawls Jennet") apples. It is named after "FUJIsaki, Aomori Prefecture, but often thought to be named after Mt.Fuji.
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Remember, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
