Moulding the melon

Good morning, almost afternoon, dear fellow melonites. This time we are travelling all the way to Asia again. I am afraid I can't provide you with many details about the following. The author of the website I found them in has not that much information about them himself. He first believed them to be Chinese, but apparently a visitor corrected him thus:

I received an e-mail from an "Eric Fong" who informed me that the carvings are actually Japanese, and that the writing on the melons is Japanese.

So Japanese it is then. It is mainly that delicious relative of our WF, the watermelon, but you can also see some nice works using the noble, fruity stuff our dreams are made of.

Another beautiful example is a dragon carved in the juicy flesh of the scarlet relative. Behold and wonder:

Refer to the website aforementioned for further examples. Have a nice day.