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Radish in intensive care after murder attempt

http://news./s/nm/20051117/od_nm/japan_radish_dc

2 hours, 7 minutes ago

 

A giant white radish that won the hearts of a Japanese town by

valiantly growing through the urban asphalt was in intensive care at a

town hall in western Japan on Thursday after being slashed by an

unknown assailant.

 

The " daikon " radish, shaped like a giant carrot, first made the news

months ago when it was noticed poking up through asphalt along a

roadside in the town of Aioi, population 33,289.

 

This week local residents, who had nicknamed the vegetable " Gutsy

Radish, " were shocked -- and in some cases moved to tears -- when they

found it had been decapitated.

 

TV talk shows seized on the attempted murder of the popular vegetable

and a day later, the top half of the radish was found near the site

where it had been growing.

 

A town official said Thursday the top of the severed radish had been

placed in water to try to keep it alive and possibly get it to flower.

 

Asked why the radish -- more often found on Japanese dinner tables as

a garnish, pickle or in " oden " stew -- had so many fans, town

spokesman Jiro Matsuo said: " People discouraged by tough times were

cheered by its tenacity and strong will to live. "

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