Japan Has More Than Just Square Watermelons
There?s a report that wealthy people in Russia are paying over US$800 for Japanese square watermelons. In Russia, that?s supposedly 300 times the price of a regular watermelon. But why square watermelons? That?s so passé! Watermelon is a popular summer fruit in Japan. People give watermelons as gifts and play ?suikawari? (スイカ割り), which is like piñata, but with a watermelon. Depending on the size, a whole watermelon costs around ten bucks in Japan. Then, there are the luxury watermelons, which most people typically don?t buy or eat. This is where watermelons get interesting, odd, and effing expensive. Many of these
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