Square watermelons, a specialty of Kagawa prefecture, are inspected before shipment at the agricultural Cooperative's agricultural products distribution center in Suntoji city, Kagawa Prefecture, on the morning of June 25. (Figure according to Kyodo News)

China News network, June 25, according to Kyodo News reported that the Japanese Kagawa county, such as square dice products "square watermelon" 25 in the county of the city of the agricultural association of the agricultural products distribution center began to ship, these watermelons are used to decorate the fruit store facade for display.

reported that the square watermelon is cuboid, the side length is about 18 cm, in a transparent plastic container to cultivate. It is not suitable for eating because it is not ripe when picked, and is often used to decorate fruit shop fronts for viewing.

Each square watermelon costs about 10,000 yen (about 612 yuan). Six growers are producing them this year, and about 400 will be shipped by mid-July.

Japan started growing square watermelons about 40 years ago. It's also been gaining traction overseas lately, with orders from Canada already topping 100 this year.

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