It is  to believe, but there is now a banana with a  you can eat. Most people would  eat the peel of a banana. However, banana  in Japan created a  of growing bananas with a peel we can eat. The new method is called the "freeze- awakening" technique. Farmers in the  of Japan keep their banana trees at a freezing  of -60°C. The farmers then put the trees in 27ºC temperatures. The big  in temperature makes the tree suddenly grow. It grows too quickly for the peel to  develop. This makes the skin thin and soft enough to eat.
The new banana is called the "Mongee". Farmers are selling it in  of 10 bananas. They are not . One banana costs ¥650 (about six dollars). The farmers have not grown  of them, so the price is . They want to grow , so this means the  will come down. Bananas are Japan's most  fruit. Japan imports about 99% of its bananas. The Mongee could mean Japanese people will eat more bananas that are grown in Japan. The Mongee banana skin is very . It contains  such as  B6 and magnesium.