pears

I have eaten Japanese pears for nearly a month.
I like them, but it is being out of the season.
Japanese pear is also called ‘sand pear’ in English!
I wonder if it sounds this jucy…
They just look like apples, shape-wise.
I browsed a catalog of co-op store where we usually buy grocery, to find it only has Japanese pears, not western ones.
700 grams costs 400yen, that is around $
I also checked a major online shopping site.
They have (western) pears all right.
The prices vary, 3 kilograms for example, cost 2000yen or more.