Agricultural Improvement

The Karashishi Festival will be held on October 18, 2023, where all the Karajishi (lion, lion, foreign beast) from Yawatahama City, Ehime Prefecture will gather together. , was the roadside station "Yawatahama Minato'' in Okishinden, the same city. Preservation societies from five districts performed, enlivening the venue with their powerful dance and drum performances, including children defiantly standing up to the approaching lion. Karashishi (a lion used to distinguish it from a boar or a deer) is a performance in which a child chases away a lion that tries to steal a treasured drum with a drumstick that looks like a sword. There are male and female lions depending on the area, and the different rhythms of the drums and dances are also a highlight. Yawatahama City in Ehime Prefecture holds an annual "Karashishi and Goshika Festival'' in October. At this event, a joint performance of the Karashishimai dance, which has been passed down from ancient times, wi...

【Product name】 Bamboo shoots 【Type】 Phyllostachys pubescens 【Producing area】 Saitama 【Origin of name】 It grows fast and is said to become bamboo; 竹 in 10 days. From that, the word “Bamboo Shoot; 竹の子, 筍” was applied. Being a young stem extending from the underground stem of “bamboo”. 【Major features】 Yoshitoshi Tokugawa is a military man who contributed to the development of Japan’s aviation field from the Meiji era to the Showa era. He was born as the eldest son of Atsumori Tokugawa, the 7th head of the Shimizu Tokugawa family of Gosankyo Tokugawa. After studying at the elementary and junior high schools attached to the Higher Normal School (currently the elementary and junior high schools attached to Tsukuba), he became a captain of the Army Engineer in 1909 after attending the Imperial Japanese Army Academy. The following year, in 1910, Yoshitoshi was sent to France for specialized education by ordering the Army to acquire maneuvering skills with Ensign Hino Kumazo Infantry and to pu...

【Product name】 Tomu Tomu（Fungus bed shiitake mushroom）【Type】 Lentinula edodes ‘Tomtom’ 【Producing area】 Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Yaizu City, Shimada City, Kawanemoto Town, Haibara District (JA Oigawa) 【Origin of name】 It is very delicate and can only be grown in the fall and winter, and even though it is grown in a greenhouse, it seems to be sensitive to weather conditions. It must have been named with affection and wishes for the producers, such as being able to do enough and being satisfied. 【Major features】 The character is a combination of JA Oigawa’s farmer’s market “Mansaikan” and the animal “Sai”. “Mansai-kun” is a shy and quiet rhino boy (5 years old). My dream is to spread local agricultural products all over the country. “Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture”, It has the second largest population after Shizuoka City. It is located in the central part and has a long terrain from north to south. It is long from north to south, and the northern part borders the southern t...

【Product name】 Vacuum packed yam 【Type】 Dioscorea polystachya 【Wholesale area】 Serizawa, Namegata City, Ibaraki Prefecture (Kazama Fertilizer Store) 【Origin of name】 It’s named because the succulent roots in the basement are longer than the yams. Using a vacuum packing machine, the air inside the bag containing the food is evacuated, and the food is stored in a sealed state in a “vacuum” state lower than the atmospheric pressure expectations. Vacuum-packed packaging means removing the air inside the bag and creating a vacuum inside the package. 【Major features】 Market competition Leading companies in the global fertilizer market include CF Industries (Deerfield, Illinois), Haifa Group (Mehoz Heifa, Israel), Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Limited (IFFCO: New Delhi, India), Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL: Tel Aviv), Nutrien Limited (Sascatoon, Saskathuwan, Canada), The Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM: Santiago, Chile), The Mosaic Company (Plymouth, Minnesota, Tampa, Florida), Uralkali...