Luxurylaunches.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pair of yubari melons fetched a record price of $25000 during the season's first auction at at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Sapporo's Chuo-ku. The brokers did expect Yubari melons would obtain a high price, but didn't expect the figure to be this high. The auctioned amount is to support Yubari, financially struggling Hokkaido city where the namesake premium melons are...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
SAPPORO (Kyodo) A pair of Yubari melons, a premium variety of cantaloupe from Hokkaido, sold for a record ¥2.5 million in the season's first auction Tuesday at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale... Read more ...
TOKYOMANGO (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Two melons—yeah, melons—sold for $25,000 at a retailer near a large wholesale auction in Sapporo. Crazy! The melons are from a city called Yubari, which is in financial crisis. It's only saving grace seems to be its very expensive, very...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Thought that the 200,000 yen paid for some mangoes in April was ridiculous? How about 2.5 million yen for a pair of melons: A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe variety from Hokkaido, sold for 2.5 million yen in this harvest season's first auction held Tuesday at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Prefectural Government said Saturday that the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected in a dead swan found Monday near Lake Saroma, a sign that bird flu may indeed... Read more ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
U.S. investment fund Steel Partners has urged Sapporo Holdings Ltd. to start negotiations over conditions for its planned takeover bid for the brewer. Read more ...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Day 1After two great nights in Hakodate my parents and I headed out on the 3 hour journey to Sapporo. Hokkaido doesn't have a shinkansen system so all the trains are super express. We passed by many places that I would love to visit but will have to wait until another holiday vacation. It was rather odd to be in Sapporo without all the snow that was there the last time I was there. After...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
SAPPORO (Kyodo) The operator of a curry restaurant in Kutchan, Hokkaido, has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, police said, adding that he also confessed to dumping the body of their... Read more ...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
"The delay in starting negotiations has now exceeded any timetable envisioned by Guidelines Regarding Takeover Defense issued by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Justice as part of the AWS process," Mr. Lichtenstein stated. Given this exceptional and unnecessary delay and SPJSFs willingness to work with Sapporo to reach an understanding as to the terms by which...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
SAPPORO (Kyodo) Police arrested a 26-year-old curry-and-rice restaurant operator in Kutchan, Hokkaido, on Tuesday on suspicion of killing his wife. The man allegedly said he has dumped the body of... Read more ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
SAPPORO (Kyodo) The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in a dead swan on the Notsuke Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido, the Environment Ministry said Monday. Read more ...
PSPHyper (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Monster Hunter Festa ‘08 third leg was held in Sapporo last Saturday. Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto & co were again present in Sapporo Convention Center to play a quest of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G in front of the fans, give away prizes to district winners of Monster Hunter championship and talk about the game. More [...]
Seattle Marinerds (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
... what it is. Plus, I don't really know which places are the best ones to go to. AND, hey, I came to Sapporo to be the World's Biggest Hokkaidork Fighters Fan, and I must say, I am doing quite a good job of it so far. Anyway, the reason I'm writing this entry is because tonight I went to the "Fighters Official Restaurant" in the Sapporo Ario mall, and it SUCKED. And like any internet...
Baseball Toaster: The Griddle (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Deanna Rubin of Marinerds, which is actually almost all about one woman's love of Japan's coolest team, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, finally made a trip to Sapporo to watch the Fighters in action.
Seattle Marinerds (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
... that took something like 5 YEARS to be realized. I've been wanting to go see the Fighters in Sapporo ever since they moved there, and so tonight was my first time being at the Sapporo Dome - and coincidentally it was also Kazuhito Tadano's debut game! I'll admit that I was actually a bit worried because the Eagles were putting up Hisashi Iwakuma, who has been nigh untouchable so far...
