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2008
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Hotel serves guests "dream grapes"
A Japanese hotel has begun offering guests an after dinner treat of grapes that cost almost £450 a time.
Diners at Kagaya, a world-famous traditional-style inn situated in the central Ishikawa prefecture, served the Ruby Roman grapes - priced at 100,000 yen - to guests staying in the most expensive rooms, reports AFP.
On the grapes' debut day, Kagaya chief cook Fujio Uko said: "We wanted to delight our customers and also wanted to wish producers good luck."
Each guest was served with a pair of grapes, which Uko describes as "not excessively sweet but fresh, delicious and juicy".
Since the seeds were first sown, it has taken the prefecture 14 years to put the Ruby Romans, or "dream grapes", on the market.
Local farmers hope to sell a tonne of the premium grapes.
Fruit is sometimes considered a luxury in Japan and items such melons and peaches are often given as gifts.
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Diners at Kagaya, a world-famous traditional-style inn situated in the central Ishikawa prefecture, served the Ruby Roman grapes - priced at 100,000 yen - to guests staying in the most expensive rooms, reports AFP.
On the grapes' debut day, Kagaya chief cook Fujio Uko said: "We wanted to delight our customers and also wanted to wish producers good luck."
Each guest was served with a pair of grapes, which Uko describes as "not excessively sweet but fresh, delicious and juicy".
Since the seeds were first sown, it has taken the prefecture 14 years to put the Ruby Romans, or "dream grapes", on the market.
Local farmers hope to sell a tonne of the premium grapes.
Fruit is sometimes considered a luxury in Japan and items such melons and peaches are often given as gifts.
Related news stories:
Japan PM dismisses snap election (6th October 2008)
Female fire-fighters on the increase (7th October 2008)
Minister cautious on strength of yen (8th October 2008)
Director arrested for displaying anti-monarchy film poster (11th September 2008)
Tokyo's Imperial Hotel rated within the city's top ten (1st February 2012)
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