date:Nov 14, 2018
ano fell by about half from the year before to around 25,000 (195).
Matsutake from another major producing area, Iwate Prefecture, saw about a 20 percent fall in the average wholesale price to some 47,000 (367).
Some domestically produced matsutake fetched 100,000 (780) per 400 grams in the previous year because of scarce quantities. But the highest price this year was about 70,000 (546), said an intermediate wholesaler at the Ota Market in Tokyo.
According to japantimes.co.jp, Chinese matsut