If it says fruit of the summer, it is a watermelon in Japan.
And in Japan speaking of a watermelon, ↑ This color.
At all of you, what color is the watermelon? (DONNA IRO NO SUIKA DESUKA?)
I watched a movie "A holiday of Rome" in a childhood ,
and was surprised at the watermelon which Gregory Peck bought in a market.
Because that was very big, and without the stiripes.
Is that form common in Italy, I wonder?
What kind of taste is it?(AJI WA DONNNANO KASHILA?)
Now, a lot of watermelons are sold when I go to the supermarket in Japan.
When I went for shopping a while ago, I took a photograph of the watermelon.
(SHASHIN WO TOTTE KIMASHITA)
One is about 1,200 yen.
The small watermelon of the left is a kind called "HIMEMAKURA",and it is a rare watermelon.
It was made selective breeding in Hamamatsu.
It is popular for two or three years.
Because It doesn't occupy the refrigerator ,
and the size that is just good for a small family.
I bought a watermelon at this shop, too.
When I return to the house by car,I noticed to hang at the door of something back entrance.
Is it ...
... I thought that I was so.(...YAPPARI)
It seems that a neighbor give(OSUSOWAKE) the watermelon
which she brought up in her field.
A watermelon is full!!
But I am glad(URESHII DESU) because I love it(DAISUKI DESU).
I ate with children at once in an early afternoon.
It becomes like this, when you cut it.
Is it different from your watermelon?(MINASAN NO SUIKA TOWA CHIGAIMASUKA?)
In the Japanese supermarket, "a sugar content" is displayed by a watermelon.
Shop clerk measures using with a tool called "the sugar content meter",
It is put one the numerical value on one watermelon with a seal.
Therefore, there is not the failure that big watermelon which I bought was not sweet at all .
I eat sweet watermelon which I cooled with a refrigerator.
This is the most delicious in the summer.(NATSU WA KORE GA ICHIBAN OISHII DESU)
Today the eldest daughter entered the swimming pool(POOL NI HAITTE IMASHITA) all day in the kindergarten.
The natural sweetness of watermelon seems to be soaked into her body which was sweated, and was tired.
During the pregnancy,as for me, morning sickness(TSUWARI) was terrible,
and only a watermelon was edible.
I ate a half of a watermelon every day, so people around worried about me.
Therefore, did she come to like a watermelon so much?
However,
she had better not to eat the blue part...
I remember I eat Sukia in Japan in 1969, frozen in the refrigerator...very good !
I enjoy your every day life stories and photos from Japan..
Domo arrigato
Shortly after reading this blog post I went to the supermarket.
And with your post in mind I noticed how they actually sell both types of watermelon - both striped and solid coloured.
My little sister asked what melon to pick, and I quickly argued that the only right colour of a watermelon is striped :)
Come to think about it, I think the most common colour of a watermelon around here (Denmark) is the striped ones. Though the solids are not that far behind.
But never the less.. striped, solid, Danish or Japanese, I love watermelon :)
Best regards,
Clement