Hokkaido premium apple auction

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   13 Nov

   Seven Hokkaido apples sold for 100,000 yen at the year's first auction

   Seven specially grown apples from Nanae, Hokkaido, fetched 100,000 yen at Hakodate's first auction of the year, matching last year's record price.