A pair of premium mangoes grown in southern Japan has sold for a record of 400,000 yen (approximately 3,730 US dollars) at a wholesale market in the city of Miyazaki on Monday, the same price it has set at last year. Jiji Press/VCG Photo

The high price is partially due to the care during their growing process. Farmers would surround each mango with a small net, allowing sunlight to hit the skin at all angles to give it a bright red color. Jiji Press/VCG Photo

To ensure ripeness, mangoes would not be picked manually, but fall from trees when they are ready. Jiji Press/VCG Photo

The pricey pair, weighing about one kilogram in total, will be sold later at a department store in the city of Fukuoka. Jiji Press/VCG Photo