Farmer happy with his glove-shaped radish

Farmer happy with his glove-shaped radish

TOTTORI, Japan - Tadao Nakajima, a 62-year-old farmer from Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, looks happy with a radish shaped like a baseball glove at his farm on Jan. 12. A long-time baseball fan, Nakajima said, ''We've been growing radishes for many years, but this is the first time we've had one like this.''

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