Fruit fetishists given chance to pick up pyramid-shaped watermelon for princely 52,000 yen
FUKUOKA -- An unusual pyramid-shaped watermelon has drawn attention from customers in a department store here.
The watermelon measures about 25 centimeters high and is priced at 52,500 yen. It was grown by a farmer in the town of Tsukigata in Hokkaido, by placing it in a specially-shaped plastic shell and hanging upside down.
Sixteen (4x4, Jupiter's magic square) of the pyramid-shaped watermelons have been shipped to shops across the country, including the Iwataya department store in Fukuoka. The watermelon on sale at Iwataya for ornamental use will reportedly keep for another month, since it is not ripe.
I don't want to know what a fruit fetishist is, or what they'd want to do with a pyramid shaped watermelon. I like how the pharaoh head sticker gives it sort of an "eye". The fact that 16 were shipped out to be sold while one "ornamental" one is left behind to ripen gives us 17 of these green, pyramidal fruits.
On second thought, let's not go to Japan, it is a silly place.
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I don't think fetishist necessarily always entails a sexual interpretation. But then again this being being a Japanese phenomenon you never know...
Just looked the ever reliable (he laughs out loud) Wikipedia:
"Food play can have sexual or non-sexual connotations. It often refers to Sitophilia, a form of sexual fetishism in which participants are aroused by erotic situations involving food.
The phrase is also used to refer to non-sexual play with food, such as playful and decorative food displays, enjoyment of preparing food, or even a play about food. This article refers to the Sitophilia connotation of food play."
It could go either way then. Brilliant photos in the link you provided too. Classic Japanese weirdness.
HA! Read this post here first in the morning. I just now finished reading The WWWiz'z new post(!!!) and came back here...
They(Japanese), first made cube melons...now pyramids!
The WWWiz mentioned how you can take 6 pyramids with no cap stones and form a perfect cube within a cube.
You probably knew that already ;P
Peace Synchromystic Journalist.
I sure didn't know that, Jon, and I still haven't read WWW's new post. My internet was down all day.
Justin - That japanese picture site is new to me, as are almost all of the images. Glad you enjoyed it.
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