Dan Bloom?helpfully writes in to inform me that the watermelon house I gushed over several days ago is not located in Taiwan, but rather, in Japan! He offers the following explanation from a couple:
This photo is from Japan, not Taiwan
http://www.konagai.org/furusato/IndexGenerator.asp?path=fruitbusstop
Hello Dan,
Please see the site above.
We have found that the photo you sent us is from Japan! Not Taiwan, as boingboing.net noted. You gave them the wrong info. [Egg on my face, Dan!] The bus stop is located at Isahaya City in Nagasaki Prefecture. In this city, there are several fruits but stops (as you can see at the site above), which seem to be popular features there. — It seems that the city government built those unique bus stops to invite many tourists.
Very interesting!
Satoru and Mitsuko, TOKYO
Thanxaroonie, Dan, Satoru, & Mitsuko! Kewl, so there ARE a variety of them.