Washington apple industry representatives in Japan in 1995 with a daruma doll. Daruma dolls are traditionally used as good luck symbols. People fill in one eye of the daruma when they have a wish, and fill in the other when the wish comes true. Pictured Both Washington apple shippers and Japanese consumers had high expectations when Japan opened its market to U.S. apples in 1995. Around 480,000 boxes of apples were exported to Japan during the first three months the –market was open, but then the honeymoon ended. The hype gave way to headlines such as, “Rotten apple sales follow […]