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Top 5 Unusual Shops
Top 5 Unusual Shops
It is in
Nihonbashi Mitsui tower.This is the oldest fruit shop in Japan.Since 1834 ,this place sells
luxury fruit all around the country. This fruit shop is the most expensive in the world.
sembikiya is one of the most expensive fruit stores in the world.
Employees: Its flagship shop in Tokyo has got 30 employees and when its shop Windows
and showcases,It seems like a jewelry than a fruit shop.They have a different roles as
cleaning, receiving customers and properly placing each fruit. They work with classical
music in the background. the employees are very kind to the people who shop here.
the place looks really amazing, beautiful they think that music is very good to work with.
the employee looks at each product that is in good condition.
Administrator: Ushio Oshima belongs to the sixth generation of fruit sellers.He is the
responsible for the organization of the Sembikiya shop. In a few words
Products: Sembikiya is an elegant shop with beautiful things to buy. But don't buy designer
clothes and handbags here. You buy fruit-perfect and very expensive fruit. there are
beautiful strawberries “Bijin Hime”(Pretty princess) for 458 dollars, grapes Ruby Roman
for 10.060 dollars and melons muskeleon for 260.18 dollars.
Why are they expensive?: The farmers select the best seeds for planting in a greenhouse,
use more labor-intensive methods for each fruit. Once the fruits are ready to be eaten.
Sembikiya is exceptionally demanding about the fruits it will sell. Judge each fruit by it’s
shape, complexity, sweetness, and for it’s smell. only 3 percent of the crop will be
considered good quality and only the best ones will be put on sale.
Una de las tiendas en Tokio donde se vende esta fruta de lujo es Sembikiya, que es la frutería más
antigua de Japón, desde 1834 se dedica al negocio de la fruta. En la actualidad Sembikiya vende
fruta de lujo por todo Japón. Su tienda insignia en Tokio tiene 30 empleados y cuando miras sus
escaparates, vitrinas y respiras el ambiente de la tienda, parece más una joyería que una tienda de
fruta. Otra emblemática tienda de fruta en Tokio es Shinjuku Takano, abierta desde 1885.
La fresa "Bijin Hime" ("bella princesa" en español) es similar en tamaño a una pelota de tenis,
aunque sus dimensiones no son lo único que rozan lo imposible: para saborear una unidad se
deben desembolsar unos exorbitantes 50.000 yenes (458 dólares).
El melón en Japón son un lujo. Un par de melones de Yubari King incluso se vendieron por más de
$ 27.000 en una subasta en 2016.
Con más de 170 años promocionando las más exóticas frutas el local situado en la
planta baja pone en sus impecables vitrinas fresas bijin hime a 458
dólares, uvas de la variedad ruby roman de 10.060 dólares
o melones muskelelon, la joya de la corona, con un valor de 27.000 yenes. Estos
son algunos de los caprichos que pueden encontrarse.