Fruits in Japan

Japanese fruits are basically temperate-climate fruits, with a few exceptions. In summer they have peaches, plums, loquats, cherries, and watermelons. In fall they have really good persimmons, grapes, pears, and a special kind of pear called nashi. In winter there are apples and mandarin oranges, In late winter and early spring there are big, beautiful strawberries.

Japanese import bananas, pineapples, grapefruit, and lemons. And they import some kinds of oranges, like navel oranges and temple oranges.

It's expensive. And, it depends on the fruit and where you buy it. Good melons, for example, are expensive. You could pay fifteen dollars or more for a muskmelon at a neighborhood store. Or you could pay a hundred dollars for a gift box of two melons and a bunch of grapes at a Ginza fruit shop.