*One to Two weeks is the lead time for this melon. Allow us two to three weeks to process your order.
**Ready to eat, but about 2 weeks can be stored in chiller
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Japanese Crown Melon or Shizuoka Crown Melon, クラウンメロン is one of Japan’s most prestigious and luxurious fruits.
It's famous style of cultivation as "one fruit in one tree", resulted in exceptional quality, intense sweetness, rich aroma, and flawless appearance. Grown primarily in Shizuoka Prefecture, it benefits from the region’s warm climate, abundant sunshine (Hamamatsu has Japan’s longest sunshine hours), and meticulous greenhouse cultivation techniques perfected over about 100 years.
The melon is hand-pollinated, gently rubbed with gloves to encourage even ripening and sweetness, capped to prevent sunburn, and monitored constantly. At harvest, each is strictly graded based on shape, netting, aroma, weight, and overall perfection (e.g., top tiers like “Fuji” can fetch thousands of dollars at auction).
This intensive, labor-heavy process (about 100 days of hands-on care per fruit) makes it a true luxury item—often given as high-end gifts in Japan (similar to premium Yubari King melons from Hokkaido).
In Japan, it’s often eaten chilled and plain to showcase its pure flavour, sometimes just sliced and presented dramatically at luxury venues. A true pinnacle of Japanese fruit craftsmanship!