Turns out that it's very handy knowing an iaido master around this time of year😋...
#スイカの日 #watermelonday #スイカ #watermelon#Japan#Kyoto #京都 #居合道#Iaido
Cultivated for at least 5000 years (they are depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics), watermelons are 92% water!🍉
Turns out that it's very handy knowing an iaido master around this time of year😋...
#スイカの日 #watermelonday #スイカ #watermelon#Japan#Kyoto #京都 #居合道#Iaido
Cultivated for at least 5000 years (they are depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics), watermelons are 92% water!🍉
In 1978 Ono Tomoyuki (小野友之), a graphic designer, created the 'cube watermelon' (四角スイカ).
Designed to be easier to cut up and better fit in fridges, the cost of producing each fruit (grown to fill a box) makes them 3 or 4 times more expensive than normal watermelons🧊🤔
'Watermelon Day' is celebrated on July 27th and, this being Japan, we have a play on words to thank for this date.
The pattern on a watermelon's skin is likened to a rope... 'natsu-no-tsuna' (夏の綱 = な (7) つのつ (2) な (7)) = 'summer rope'😲🍉🫤
Turns out that it's very handy knowing an iaido master around this time of year😋...
#スイカの日 #watermelonday #スイカ #watermelon#Japan#Kyoto #京都 #居合道#Iaido
Cultivated for at least 5000 years (they are depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics), watermelons are 92% water!🍉
