Annual asphalt-breaking vegetable story
September 01, 2009
Gutsy cucumber grows through asphalt road
FUNABASHI, Chiba — A Japanese cucumber shoot growing on the side of an asphalt road here is gaining popularity as “Dokonjo Kyuri” (cucumber with guts). [full article]
I swear there’s a story in Japan every year about a vegetable that goes against all odds and grows in a street by breaking through asphalt. Last year was a daikon radish I believe.
You’d think that this story would be located in a local or “Oddly Enough” section of a newspaper or website but this was found at the top of the Mainichi Daily News website in the “National News” section. This just proves my point that the Japanese media is retarded.
