fruit Domestic wine in Japan
Nowadays, wine made from domestic grape is popular in Japan. Tsukuba is the city located north 60 km from Tokyo, some winery has been opened.
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fruit New wave of citrus in Japan
The most major citrus in Japan is Satsuma mandarin (Japanese orange). The amount of shipment of Satsuma mandarin has decreased since the 1970s. People started to choose the other fruits such as orange which started being imported from the United States in 1991 without tariff.
fruit Banana grown in Thailand and bought in Japan
I found a piece of paper attaching on the banana which I bought. The paper told me the website address. I accessed the website and typed the number of the sticker on the banana. I got the information about Thai farmer who grow my banana.
fruit Project tracking food supply chain by RFID
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has started the project of the food supply chain by utilizing RFID (Radio F...
fruit Christmas cake
In Japan, it is common to eat a typical cake at Christmas. Christmas cakes are sponge cakes covered with white cream and decorated with strawberries. This shape is said by a large Japanese cake maker to spread this style of cake. The style of cake may have two meanings, one is that red and white are colors for celebration, the other is that white cream expresses snow and red strawberries does Santa Claus.
fruit Sequencing of muskmelon genome complete
Recently I read a news article about muskmelon genome sequencing by a Japanese research team.
fruit Cubic watermelon
Watermelons are generally spherical, but we cultivate cubic watermelons in Zentsuji City, Kagawa Prefecture. Cubic squid was developed because it is easy to distribute, but its production is low and I have never eaten it.
distribution Changing demand of agricultural products under coronavirus outbreak
This year's Sake demand is expected to fall 30 % from the previous year, so farmers reduced the transplant area of Sake rice. Sake demand decreased 9 % in February, 12% in March, and 21% in April from the previous year. Demands of several agricultural products were affected by coronavirus outbreak.
fruit Starting fruit season under Corona outbreak
Fruit season has started in Japan. Spring is a season for strawberry and cherry. Summer is a season for peach and melon. These are the fruits that tourists can go to the farms and enjoy fruit picking. However, tourists cannot visit farms because of Corona.