Agricultural Improvement

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On Friday, June 14, 2021, the Shizuoka Prefecture Greenhouse Melon Fair was held at the Crown Melon Branch (Oyama, Fukuroi City) for the first time in two years. Many of the highest quality melons produced by melon producers in Shizuoka Prefecture were exhibited. The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award will be awarded to the producer who scored the highest score based on the sugar content, appearance (beauty of appearance), and content (taste, aroma, etc.) of melon, which is an excellent agricultural product. The highest score was marked by the producer's NO. 574 Mr. IMAI (Tsukimi Town). In the cultivation process, the child of a crown melon that was plucked before maturity is a child melon. In the cultivation process, one tree makes about three baby melons, but it seems that only one of them is left and two are picked. By doing this, all the nutrients of the tree can be poured into the remaining one fruit, so it is said that a delicious melon can be harvested. In collaboration with the Japanese subsidiary PH Paris Japon of Pierre Hermé Paris, pickles using child melons were sold and gained popularity.

- 6月 05, 2023

Is it about the last 15 years? Crude oil prices against the backdrop of increasing global oil demand centered on Asia such as China and India, where economic development is remarkable, destabilization of the political situation in crude oil producing countries, and inflow of speculative funds. Is soaring worldwide. Along with this, the prices of agricultural production materials such as fertilizers and pesticides are also rising, but the rise in the price of heavy fuel oil A, which is a fuel for heating, has become a serious problem for facility growers who use it a lot. Is as clear as day. In addition, soaring grain and crude oil prices are hitting Japanese farmers directly. It is also fresh in our memory that the price of corn, which is the main raw material for livestock feed, has risen since the fall of 2006 due to the increased demand for bioethanol fuel made from grains. In the early 1990s, the neighboring country, the Chinese government, tried to promote the production of proces...

ISHIGE Yuki Tsumugi : Designated as an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan and registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, it is descended from authentic Yuki Tsumugi. However, due to factors such as the aging population, there is concern about a serious shortage of makers in the future. It is made by spreading the cocoon into floss and spinning it by hand. Even though it is world-wide, this is a characteristic that can only be found in authentic Yuki Tsumugi. Because the warp and weft threads are all hand-spun, they become untwisted threads, and by weaving with those threads, light, soft, air-filled fabrics are warm and refined. The main feature of this fabric is that the warp threads are thicker than the weft threads. By doing so, it becomes a tightly woven cloth, and when you wear it, the impression of your behavior will be neat and beautiful. Another obvious difference is the thickness of the warp and weft threads. It seems that the various fabrics all over the country today have the same thickness in the vertical and horizontal directions, or are thicker in the horizontal direction. On the contrary, authentic Yuki Tsumugi is thick vertically and thin horizontally. ISHIGE Tsumugi is woven using silk threads for the warp and hard-twisted cotton threads for the weft. Similar to the shrinkage of Yuki Tsumugi, it has a smooth texture and is light and does not fall apart.

- 6月 03, 2023

From Joso City Lifelong Learning Division, ISHIGE heavenly gods musical band: Designated number, No. 38. Designated date: January 8, 1990. Location: Harajuku. It is said that in the early days, shrine parishioners dedicated rural entertainment to the festival of patron god Tenmansha in Harajuku. In the Meiji era, the activity stagnated due to the 'rural recession', but in 1973 after the end of the war, it was revived by the hands of interested members of the community. The Musical brand consists of opening drums, celebratory lion dances, big dances, various dances, fox dances, and curtain closings. Currently, it is dedicated to the Tenman Shrine in Harajuku, and is also performed at nearby festivals. I am trying to pass it on. ISHIGE candy store dance: Designated number, No. 48. Designated date: March 1, 2005. Location: Hon-ISHIGE. It was danced and sung, and was known nationwide as the "Yokayoka candy store'' and the Chanchiki candy store. The candy store dance ha...

Farming is all up to you. I feel a sense of purpose and joy in doing things with my own hands and getting results, and in the growth of crops. Not only when I harvest the crops that I carefully grow, but also the voices of customers give me joy and nourishment for my life, and I work hard every day. I was particularly impressed by the children munching on my vegetables, and by people who didn't like vegetables eating my vegetables. In addition, his physical condition improved, such as the stiff shoulders and sensitivity to cold that he had suffered for many years from farming. I probably sweated at work and my body temperature rose and I became healthy. Every year, I am careful not to change the taste of the agricultural products. We do not use pesticides as much as possible and pay attention to the amount of fertilizer. In fact, pesticides and fertilizers greatly affect the taste of agricultural products. Of course, weeds are also removed by hand one by one. Soil analysis is important. Knowledge of microbes should also be utilized in this field. Daiunzen tomato cultivation has completely different results depending on how each stage is handled, such as seedling raising, fixed price, and management. It is both a problem and an interesting one at the same time. Every day, he works on growing precious tomatoes while sharing with his colleagues the findings and issues he has learned through trial and error. "Dealing with recent abnormal weather is a struggle"

- 5月 24, 2023

From Sakata Seed Co., Ltd. (location of this document: Nakamachidai, Tsuzuki Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture), in the 1931 Sakata Seed catalog "Sono no Izumi" spring issue, along with oriental melon, more than 10 kinds of "masks melon" cultivars are listed. "Musk Melon" is a general term for melons with a unique strong aroma. This is mainly an expensive net melon made with care in a glass greenhouse, and it is not something that can be eaten on a daily basis. Melon was common. Prince Melon announced in 1962 completely changed this situation. This cultivar was created by crossbreeding the European cantaloupe variety "Sharanthe melon'', which was brought back from Europe by Takeo Sakata, the melon-loving founder, and the Japanese melon "New melon''. Born as a result of Prince melons are cultivated outdoors under the hot and humid conditions of Japan (Growing in plastic tunnel cultivation: a cultivation method in which a wi...