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Just in time for summer, Dominique Ansel Bakery Japan is serving up their new What-a-Melon soft serve ice cream sandwiched inside an actual watermelon slice!

Global, Japan
(cold desserts • Dominique Ansel Bakery Japan • ice cream • sweets • watermelon)

Starbucks Japan brings out Shaken Watermelon and Passion Tea for a limited time

Oona McGee
Jun 22, 2017

With so many refreshing ingredients hidden inside, this new beverage looks set to be the drink of the summer.

Japan
(drinks • passionfruit • Starbucks • tea • Teavana • watermelon)

Cute cat beats the Japanese summer heat by chilling out in a watermelon

Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2016

The summer sounds and the relaxed kitty make this one of the most calming clips we’ve ever seen!

Japan
(animals • awww • cat video • cats • cute • cute pets • cute. cats • fruit • funny • kagoneko • LOL • pets • summer • videos • watermelon • YouTube)

Waste not, want not: Japanese netizens share delicious ways they prepare watermelon rinds

Meg Murphy
Aug 29, 2016

If you thought the red flesh was the only edible part of a watermelon, this is for you!

Japan
(fruit • summer • tempura • tsukemono • watermelon • watermelon rind recipes)

Japanese dad wows internet with amazing watermelon art

Oona McGee
Jul 13, 2016

No celebration is complete without a decorative watermelon.

Japan
(art • carving • cook • cooking • food • fruit • watermelon • Wedding)

Watermelon Dango: Traditional Japanese dessert gets a new look for summer with an amazing flavour

Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2016

Join us as we taste the unique limited-edition treat, with lots of sweet details and mouthwatering photos.

Japan
(dango • frozen treats • summer • sweets • traditional sweets • watermelon • watermelon dango)

Hanabi roll cake is the most festive, delicious cake of 2016 – possibly too beautiful to eat

KK Miller
Jun 16, 2016

It promises to be an explosion of yummy in your tummy.

Food & Drink, Japan, Lifestyle
(dessert • fireworks • roll cake • summer • watermelon)

Summer sweetness arrives at Krispy Kreme Japan as colorful watermelon and lemon shaped doughnuts!

Kay
Jun 14, 2016

The new summer offerings from Krispy Kreme Japan are not only mouth-watering, but also eye-popping as well!

Food & Drink, Japan, Lifestyle
(doughnuts • Krispy Kreme • lemon • sweets • watermelon)

Japan’s new watermelon Fanta is first of its kind with added salt content

Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2016

The new salty Fanta has been developed to help protect drinkers from summer heatstroke.

Food & Drink, Japan, Lifestyle
(Coca-Cola • Fanta • fizzy drinks • health • heat stroke • summer • watermelon • weird)

The treat you’ve been waiting for: watermelon chocolate chip cookies!!

Kay
May 27, 2016

If you like watermelon, you’ll definitely want to sink your teeth into these unique treats…and you won’t even have to worry about getting your fingers wet with juice!

Food & Drink, Japan
(cookies • food • sweets • watermelon)

Watermelon mousse cake sounds too good to be true, but it’s real and in our office 【Taste-test】

Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2015

When we heard about a special dessert called the suika baumkuchen being offered through online retailer Rakuten, we were pretty psyched, since it combines two of the greatest things on the planet: watermelon and cake. As a matter of fact, we were so excited that at first we thought it was only going to be available for one hour on August 1.

But as we spent hours drooling over the watermelon cake’s webpage, which had us so captivated we barely had time to use the Internet to look at pictures of cats and swimsuit models, we noticed something: the suika baumkuchen is actually available right now! We put in our order right away, and now we’re here to bring you our report on this incredible culinary crossover.

Japan
(cakes • food • fruits • sweets • taste test • watermelon • watermelon cake)

What do our Japanese writers think about putting lemon juice on watermelon?

Preston Phro
Jul 9, 2015

Depending on where you’re from, you may have a very specific way of eating watermelon. For example, in Japan, people almost always put salt on their melons. As someone from the U.S., this was a bit of a surprise for me, but it’s not bad by any means!

However, P.K., one of the writers for our Japanese site, recently discovered that people in Italy apparently put lemon juice on their watermelon. We’re not sure how accurate that is, but he decided to give it a try anyway! Will he like it better than salt? Will his fellow writers enjoy it too? Read on to find out!

Japan
(food • fruits • taste test • watermelon)

Someone’s mother carved this Love Live! watermelon art, left the Internet applauding

Preston Phro
Aug 11, 2014

There is, obviously, an unending supply of anime available for your viewing pleasure in Japan. Whether you want giants, cyborgs, or balls from dragons, there’s something for everyone. But one of the most popular shows right now is the high-school-idol series Love Live!. The anime has proven so popular, it even inspired a bizarre recruiting tweet from the Japan Self-Defense Forces last year and this massive back-piece tattoo earlier this summer.

Recently, a main character of the show, Honoka, had her birthday, and a dedicated Japanese Twitter user’s mother carved this surprisingly detailed piece of watermelon art in celebration.

Internet, Japan
(anime • art • love live • twitter • watermelon)

Watermelon bagels arrive in Japan, then in our bellies【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2014

There’s a lot that I love about summer. The additional hours of daylight, awesome fireworks festivals, and the chance to wear a summer kimono are all big plusses in my book.

Still, even I have to admit Japan can get uncomfortably hot at this time of year. A cold beer or cup of sake are both refreshing ways of beating the heat, but there are times when chilled alcohol isn’t an option, such as when I have non-drinking related work to do and/or am already hung-over.

So in order to stay both sober and cool, I eat as much watermelon as I can every summer. And while I don’t think Japanese chain Bagel & Bagel designed their new watermelon bagel just for me, I figured I’m still in the target demographic, and decided to try it out.

Japan
(bagels • food • fruit • taste test • watermelon • weird)

Japanese farmer creates the world’s first heart-shaped watermelon

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Sep 13, 2013

We’re sure you’ve heard of square watermelons from Japan, but how about heart-shaped ones? After many years of research, Hiroichi Kimura, a farmer from Kumamoto Prefecture, has finally done it! But it was no easy task shaping the originally round fruits into the symbol of love. Let’s take a closer look at the fruits of this farmer’s labor.

Japan
(farming • watermelon)

Grand theft watermelon: 700 hundred fruit snatched from Ibaraki farm

Master Blaster
May 27, 2013

To pull off the perfect crime one has to minimize risk while maximizing the yields. If you’re going to rob a bank you’ll have to put up with safes, cameras, random customers, polite staff and a quick police response.

So who is sitting on a goldmine but least expecting to get robbed? While not as expensive as more authentic melons, watermelons go for a rather high price in Japan. However, you’d have to be crazy to try and steal a bunch of watermelons… Right?

Japan
(crime • Ibaraki • watermelon)

The Portable Watermelon Fridge — Could It Be The Perfect Gift For The Person Who Has It All?

Kay
Apr 21, 2013

We all love coolers, don’t we? They keep our drinks nice and cold, wherever we go. Well, here’s a gadget that does the job even better! This little guy on wheels, believe it or not, is a portable mini-refrigerator/heater and goes by the cute product name of “Tama-chan”. But why is Tama-chan shown with a watermelon inside? Read More