While paying up to $200 for an inedible watermelon may seem questionable, there are even pricier options available exclusively in Japan. Next to cube-shaped melons, Japan also produces heart ...

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Large heart-shaped watermelons can be yours for around $350 or higher. As far as shapes go, this might be closest to the traditional round watermelons you find in Japan. It’s called a ...

Having mastered the art of making square watermelons and even pyramid watermelons, Japanese farmers turned to making heart-shaped watermelons. https://gizmodo.com ...

Recently, a farmer in Humamoto prefecture, Japan, engineered a heart-shaped watermelon. Hiroichi Kimura was challenged by his neighbor who once wished to eat a delicious heart-shaped watermelon from ...

Square watermelons, grown in Japan so they could be more easily stacked in shops and fridges, have now been outdone by even more amazing heart- and pyramid-shaped fruits. However, the melons are ...

We’re sure you’ve heard of square watermelons from Japan, but how about heart-shaped ones? After many years of research, Hiroichi Kimura, a farmer from Kumamoto Prefecture, has finally done it. But it ...

From heart-shaped watermelons to “Ruby Roman” grapes ... “Fruits are treated differently in Asian culture and in Japanese society especially,” Soyeon Shim, dean of the School of Human ...

Tokyo: Japanese consumers are used to paying through the nose for fruit, and now the summer's here there's another way for them to empty their wallets: cube and heart-shaped watermelons.

We’re sure you’ve heard of square watermelons from Japan, but how about heart-shaped ones? After many years of research, Hiroichi Kimura, a farmer from Kumamoto Prefecture, has finally done it. But it ...