Agricultural Improvement

【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...

【Product name】 Ichida soybean 【Type】 Glycine max (L.) Merrill 【Wholesale area】 Shimoichida, Takamori Town, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture (Agricultural production corporation Tenryu Sangyo Co., Ltd.) 【Origin of name】 It is believed that it was eaten during the Nara and Heian periods. “Green soybeans” are sold as they are attached to the branches, and are called “EDAMAME” when they are peeled off from the branches. 【Major features】 行基菩薩-龍潭寺-静岡県浜松市北区引佐町井伊谷: Rinzai sect Myoshinji school, one’s family temple of the Ii family who became the japanese feudal lord of the Hikone domain during the Edo period. 井伊家御影堂は, 1742年の建立. 境内に井伊氏歴代の墓, 井伊谷三人衆の一人である近藤康用の墓などが現存. 小堀遠州翁作と伝える龍潭寺方丈裏庭園は, 池泉観賞式庭園で, 1936年に, 国指定名勝. 寺宝の金沢文庫本宋版錦繍万花谷三冊は, 国指定重要文化財, 紙本金地著色遊楽図六曲屏風は, 県指定文化財. The South Shinshu area is located at the southern gateway to the prefecture. This area, consisting of Iida City and Shimoina District, is blessed with a mild climate and magnificent nature overlooking the Southern Alps. Iida Ci...

【Product name】 Small onion (ca 4 cm in diameter) 【Type】 Allium cepa “pekorosu” 【Producing area】 Tanno Town, Kitami City, Hokkaido (JA Kitamirai) 【Origin of name】 It seems that a small onion, which was called “Pecolas” in the colonies of Western European countries, entered Japan and was called by the sword. 【Major features】 JA Kitamirai was born in 2003 by the merger of eight JAs. At that time, the “Kitamirai Onion Promotion Association” was established by gathering the onion promotion associations that existed in each agricultural cooperative. Due to thorough production control, it has become the largest onion producing area in Japan, but on December 16, 2021, the JA was evaluated for its stable production and management. The “Kitamirai onion Promotion Association” consisting of producers from Pal System（It is a coined word that combines pal and system, and seems to have the meaning of “individual participation creates great cooperation.” “Better things at a reasonable price” seems to ...

【Product name】 Niitaka 【Type】 Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta 【Producing area】 Kamagaya City, Chiba Prefecture (Kamagaya City Plum Industry Association,  㐧 二⭕道共撰） 【Origin of name】 Derived from Mt. Niitaka of Taiwan, which was the highest mountain in Japan in 1927 before the war. On December 2, 1941, Japan time, the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet Command sent a coded call “Mt. Niitaka Climb Hitofutamaruhachi” to the MTF sailing over the North Pacific Ocean. The code was ordered to attack US warships, facilities, and bases in Hawaii on December 8th, and MTFs, including six aircraft carriers, began preparing for the attack. 【Major features】 Chiba Lotte Marines (Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd., founded on October 23, 1946, head office, Kunugiyama, Kamagaya City, Chiba Prefecture) will be delighted by all Japanese professional baseball fans. 2022 Marines. It seems that this excellent train will start operating from March 28, 2022 to the end of October 2022. It is an unbearable vehicle f...