A box of six mushrooms fetches record 350,000 yen at auction in Japan
The Peninsula
KANAZAWA, Japan: A box of six premium shiitake mushrooms, weighing about 500 grams in total, fetched a record 350,000 yen (about $2,200) during the fi...
KANAZAWA, Japan: A box of six premium shiitake mushrooms, weighing about 500 grams in total, fetched a record 350,000 yen (about $2,200) during the first auction of 2025 at the central wholesale market in Kanazawa on Thursday.
Noto Temari shiitake are grown in Ishikawa Prefecture's Okunoto region, which was devastated by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake last year.
In addition to the record-setting premium box, 10 other boxes of the mushrooms were sold at the auction. Impacted by the higher-than-normal temperatures in November, the mushrooms went under the hammer three weeks later than last fiscal year.
It was a teppanyaki restaurant in Saitama City that bought the premium Noto Temari shiitake. Most of the vegetables served at the restaurant are apparently produced in Ishikawa Prefecture.
"I hope to continue supporting Noto through Noto Temari mushrooms," said Shin Murai, a representative of the restaurant.
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