Who cares if it fits better in the fridge or is easier to cut if
The cube shape of the watermelon can only be achieved at the expense of its contents. To retain the proper shape, cube melons must be harvested before they are ripe, rendering them inedible
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Status symbols like this are just so absurd.
I wonder what people do with them then.
The only thing they can do - show them off then throw them away.
In 2001, square watermelons sold for ¥10,000 in Japan (about US$83), two to three times the price of regular watermelons
Excuse me what?
Luxury fruit are a thing in Japan
Melons in Japan are way more expensive, but also like, way more flavourful.
These are literally inedible.
That doesn’t explain the ~30 dollar cost of a regular watermelon in 2001.
The watermelons are folded over a thousand times.
Wow, they made the minecraft watermelon into a real thing
It reminds me of bonsai kittens
I learned about these from the Simpsons episode where they go to Japan.
Japan has some weird plans
Squatermelon
