メロン豊作1玉594円　3割安も　「気候に恵まれた」糖度上昇　昼と夜の寒暖差が大【もっと知りたい！】【グッド！モーニング】(2026年6月26日)

This year is a bumper crop for melons. The price of small melons with a sugar content exceeding 15 degrees is about 30% cheaper than usual. ■ 700g melon for 594 yen, 30% cheaper The "Takami Melon" is characterized by its fine netting and translucent light green flesh. Its refreshing taste and relatively affordable price have earned it the nickname "the common man's melon." On the 25th, many melons were prominently displayed at the entrance of supermarkets in Tokyo. Melons from Chiba Prefecture were priced at 594 yen for a 700g melon, and melons from Ibaraki Prefecture were 972 yen for a 1kg melon, approximately 30% cheaper than usual. How is this year's harvest? Super Izumi President Mamoru Gomi "The amount we're receiving is about 20% more than usual. Last year the prices were extremely high. If we put out this much, it will sell out in 2-3 hours." ■ "Blessed with favorable weather" - Increased sugar content The program headed to Yachiyo Town in Ibaraki Prefecture, which boasts the highest production volume in Japan. The fields were filled with melons ready to eat! They harvest 32,000 melons annually from a field roughly the size of 0.3 Tokyo Domes. Nakajima Melon Farm, Takuro Nakajima "This year, the sugar content increased earlier than usual." He says that the large temperature difference between day and night allowed the melons to store plenty of sugar, resulting in a sweeter finish. Furthermore, he says that delicious melons have certain characteristics. "The stem has a loop that goes all the way around. The more of this you see, the riper the melon is." He also says that melons with fine netting and lines radiating towards the center are good. The harvested melons have a sugar content of approximately 15 to 17 degrees. How do they taste? Announcer Maya Ki: "Let's eat. It's very juicy. I can definitely taste the sweetness, but I can also feel the refreshing taste of the melon. It's delicious." (From the broadcast on June 26, 2026) [TV Asahi NEWS] https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp