Japan, you win this round.

[Tasty]

Or rather, square.



 

http://www.snopes.com/photos/odd/watermelon.asp

[Phoenix Dark]

Watermelon ice cubes for my wine

[parallax]

So what, they grow them in box frames?

[originalz]

I think I may have seen these like once in my entire time here.  Square watermelons are rare as hell, most people can somehow make do with the round ones.

[Barry Egan]

Too expensive 

[Mr. Gundam]

I think I may have seen these like once in my entire time here.  Square watermelons are rare as hell, most people can somehow make do with the round ones.

I saw 'em in a basement of some department store in Shinjuku. Crrraaaaazzy expensive.

[Tasty]

I think I may have seen these like once in my entire time here.  Square watermelons are rare as hell, most people can somehow make do with the round ones.

I saw 'em in a basement of some department store in Shinjuku. Crrraaaaazzy expensive.

How much we talkin?

[Great Rumbler]

Japan just lost:

[Mr. Gundam]

I think I may have seen these like once in my entire time here.  Square watermelons are rare as hell, most people can somehow make do with the round ones.

I saw 'em in a basement of some department store in Shinjuku. Crrraaaaazzy expensive.

How much we talkin?

I don't remember the exact amount, but they were way more than regular (but still fancy and decorative looking) watermelons, which were over $200 each.

[originalz]

Be aware that you can get decent-sized watermelons at your local grocery store for around $10 or so.

[Tasty]

I think I may have seen these like once in my entire time here.  Square watermelons are rare as hell, most people can somehow make do with the round ones.

I saw 'em in a basement of some department store in Shinjuku. Crrraaaaazzy expensive.

How much we talkin?

I don't remember the exact amount, but they were way more than regular (but still fancy and decorative looking) watermelons, which were over $200 each.

WTF

[Mr. Gundam]

Be aware that you can get decent-sized watermelons at your local grocery store for around $10 or so.

Yeah, we saw those. The ones in the department stores are more about status. They're what you'd give as an extravagant present, not to just take home and eat.

[chronovore]

Yeah, I think I've had ¥10,000 melons, which were received as a gift... but never any of those square melons.

[Fifstar]

Be aware that you can get decent-sized watermelons at your local grocery store for around $10 or so.

Still seems expensive to me? Obviously far from 200 but still..

[originalz]

Yeah, Japan has all sorts of overpriced fancy fruits that you give to people.  Someone once brought some insanely expensive grapes to our office, I think the price was something like $5 per single grape.  They did taste pretty damn good.

[Momo]

Could've sworn I posted in this thread