Toshimichi Boui (55), a Nara prefecture resident in the furniture business, is making a name for himself by successfully growing pyramid-shaped watermelons.
Each melon is cultivated inside a hand-made acrylic box from a very young age. The vines grow on a wooden trellis so that the melons can be exposed to full sunlight. This allows them to develop nice, evenly colored rinds.
"Next year I hope to grow melons shaped like gourds and bottles," says Boui.
The melons are lacking in flavor because they are unable to fully mature, so Boui has put them on display at the neighborhood hair salon, among other places. "You taste them with your eyes," he says.
[Source: Asahi Shimbun]
noise
That's HILARIOUS!
[]Tim
This is an evolved form of the cube watermelons that are sold in Japan to fit in your fridge perfectly. I waiting for a house-shaped watermelon to arrive: inhabitable and edible!
[]FRESCO
LOL :D
[]nihonjinviet
They had one of these on some show with Morning Musume in it b4 and the price was about $1000
[]mennonite
That's HILARIOUS!
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