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Osaka farmer grows rugby ball-shaped cabbage

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara, 69, poses for a photograph Nov. 14 with rugby ball-shaped cabbages he has grown at his farm located near a rugby ground in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara has spent eight years cultivating the cabbages, which are 30 centimeters high and weigh 1 kilogram on average.

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Rugby ball-shaped squashes harvested in Higashiosaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara holds up rugby ball-shaped squashes at his field in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara started to cultivate the vegetables about 10 years ago as a way to help advertise his hometown, where the annual national high school rugby championship tournament is held. The squashes are around 20-30 centimeters high and weigh 2-3 kilograms.

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Osaka farmer grows rugby ball-shaped cabbage

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara, 69, poses for a photograph Nov. 14 with rugby ball-shaped cabbages he has grown at his farm located near a rugby ground in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara has spent eight years cultivating the cabbages, which are 30 centimeters high and weigh 1 kilogram on average. (Kyodo)

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Rugby World Cup in Japan: Rugby ball-shaped watermelons

Farmer Kosuke Matsubara (R) provides slices from rugby ball-shaped watermelons to spectators at a Rugby World Cup Pool B match between Italy and Namibia at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, western Japan, on Sept, 22, 2019. The watermelons were produced at his farm near the stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby ball-shaped produce

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2019, in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, shows pumpkins (top) and a watermelon in the shape of a rugby ball. Kosuke Matsubara, who lives near Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, one of the 12 venues of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, grows various fruits and vegetables in the shape of the ball to help boost the popularity of the sport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby ball-shaped produce

Kosuke Matsubara holds a rugby ball-shaped watermelon at his farm near Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2019. Matsubara, who lives near the stadium, one of the 12 venues of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, grows watermelons, pumpkins, cabbages and others in the shape of the ball to help boost the popularity of the sport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby ball-shaped squashes harvested in Higashiosaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara holds up rugby ball-shaped squashes at his field in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara started to cultivate the vegetables about 10 years ago as a way to help advertise his hometown, where the annual national high school rugby championship tournament is held. The squashes are around 20-30 centimeters high and weigh 2-3 kilograms. (Kyodo)