It is a custom in Japan to bring beautiful fruits as a hostess gift.   I really could not believe it until I saw luxury fruit shops in all the train stations in Tokyo.    Fruits that were so perfect you didn't want to touch them, let alone eat them.       They were a still life painters wet dream.    Prices range from twenty bucks for a perfect set of grapes to $1000 for a stunning watermelon.   A really gorgeous orange will set you back 5 bucks.    (It tastes really good)    By the way, these melons are about $150 bucks.    Luckily, chocolates are acceptible.  If you love food you have to check out the food court at high end department store ISETAN.   It blows away Harrods in London and is the closest you will ever get to food Heaven.

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