A six-pack of shiitake mushrooms from the disaster-hit Noto region fetched a record 350,000 yen ($2,200) at the year’s first auction on Thursday in central Japan.
The sale of the “Nototemari” shiitake drew cheers and applause from participants in Kanazawa, capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, as the prefecture’s Noto Peninsula continues efforts to recover from two natural disasters last year — a powerful New Year’s Day earthquake and record torrential rains the following September.
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