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We may earn a commission from links on this page. A few years back, there was a report that wealthy people in Russia were paying over $800 for Japanese square watermelons. In Russia, that’s supposedly ...

ZENTSUJI, Japan (CNN) -- Japan appears to have cornered the market on square-shaped fruit. Farmers in the southern Japanese town of Zentsuji have figured out how to grow their watermelons so they turn ...

If bread that looks like, uh, bread isn’t enough for you, how about bread that looks like watermelon? Throughout Asia, melons are very much a summer food. And in Taiwan, you can eat “Watermelon Toast.