Why is #fresh wasabi so #expensive Real #wasabi can cost as high as $160 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) One factor that drives the cost is the difficulty to cultivate it. Wasabi requires very specific conditions, including constant running water, shade, rocky soil, and good temperature year round. It’s not meant to grow in winter hardy zones, but it’s not impossible. Though it is cold tolerant, it can’t survive below freezing temperatures, this means that it needs to be overwintered indoors or put in a

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