"Flying pumpkins" ripe in northern Japan

"Flying pumpkins" ripe in northern Japan

"Flying pumpkins," or pumpkins grown suspended above the ground from a greenhouse structure, ripen in Naganuma on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 28, 2015. They will be harvested in September for shipment to Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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