¥350,000 mushrooms
[Japan Today] - 01/9/2025
Luxury "Nototemari" shiitake mushrooms are displayed after fetching a record price of 350,000 yen per bowl of six at this year's first auction in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on…
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