Native to Central Asia, watermelons can now be found and eaten all across Japan. It's said that they first arrived here in the mid-17th century via China. The pictures in this post were all taken in my neighborhood – Central Tokyo. A morning walk in August is exhausting, but finding these mini watermelons is so refreshing!
You can see how small they are in the first photo, where one is compared to a 100-yen coin (22.6mm in diameter). It's a baby, but it already has stripes! The second photo shows a watermelon left behind by a bird or a mouse (?). The fourth photo shows a watermelon still growing—they don't start out round!
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| 8/9/2024 A female (left) and a male flowers 雌花（左）と雄花 |
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8月のウォーキングは暑さでうんざりですが、思いがけないこともあります。例えばミニスイカ！ミニのくせにいっちょまえに縞々はあるんです。食べかけも発見しました（2枚目）。4枚目を見るとスイカの成長が分かります。最初は丸くないんですね。
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