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News which is the only daily agricultural newspaper in Japan. The Japan Agri NewsTHE JAPAN AGRI NEWS” is the English version website of The Japan Agricultural News which is the only daily agricultural newspaper in Japan. HOME Trade Talks Food & Agriculture Farm Policy Coops Photos Booklet Others Research Noh no Ikebana← Older posts New Uji green tea leaves from Kyoto sold at record high price of 200,000 yen per kilogram Posted on 2024-05-06 by The Japan Agricultural News KYOTO, April 25 — A 1-kilogram batch of hand-rolled new Uji brand green tea leaves produced in Kyoto Prefecture was sold at a record high price of 200,000 yen at the season’s inaugural auction held in the Kyoto Uji tea distribution center in Joyo, Kyoto, on April 24. Horii Shichimeien, a green tea processor and retailor of Uji in Kyoto, made the highest successful bid for tea leaves grown in the Kyoto town of Wazuka at the auction held in the center ran by JA ZEN-NOH, the marketing arm of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) group. The average per-kg price in the auction was 14,271 yen, down from 17,119 yen … Continue reading → Posted in Food & Agriculture | Comments Off on New Uji green tea leaves from Kyoto sold at record high price of 200,000 yen per kilogram Kanpai! Japanese sake made with flower yeasts increasingly popular among young and female sake fans Posted on 2024-05-06 by The Japan Agricultural News EHIME, FUKUSHIMA, Apr. 23—Many Japanese sake, cocktails, and other alcoholic beverages made with yeasts taken from flowers are hitting the market in quick succession, featuring various flower fragrances. Sake brewers use yeasts taken from local flowers and put flowery labels on their bottles to target young and female customers in Japan and overseas. The Ehime Sake Brewery Association of Ehime Prefecture has spearheaded the creation of the Ehime Sakurahime Series sake. The unique brews are made with Ehime Sakurahime yeast, a brewery yeast isolated from Sakurahime pink delphinium, bred in Ehime Prefecture, in industry-government-academia research. A total of 22 breweries in the prefecture participated in the first-ever prefectural effort to … Continue reading → Posted in Food & Agriculture | Comments Off on Kanpai! Japanese sake made with flower yeasts increasingly popular among young and female sake fans Mt. Fuji in Kagawa Prefecture friendly to casual climbers Posted on 2024-04-29 by The Japan Agricultural News In a private park in Higashi-Kagawa City, Kagawa Prefecture, shibazakura (pink moss or moss phlox in English) flowers are in full bloom on a mound resembling Mt. Fuji. This park, home to approximately 130,000 shibazakura, is the creation of Yoshiaki Morimoto, 71, and his son Kensuke, 40. Yoshiaki, a former chestnut grower, cut the old chestnut trees and planted 14 varieties of shibazakura in pink, white, purple, and more. His son Kensuke, on the other hand, cultivates young moss phlox in his paddy fields. The father and son created a mound and planted white flowers on top to make it look like Mt. Fuji with snow on top. Along the … Continue reading → Posted in Farm Policy , Food & Agriculture | Comments Off on Mt. Fuji in Kagawa Prefecture friendly to casual climbers Premium wine developed by Japanese agricultural cooperative put on sale at Haneda Airport Posted on 2024-04-29 by The Japan Agricultural News TOKYO, April 21 — JA ZEN-NOH, the marketing arm of the JA (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives) group, has developed a domestically-produced premium wine, the first wine to be marketed under its Nippon Yell brand featuring Japan-made farm produce. The wine was produced in cooperation with JA Fuefuki, a farm coop in Yamanashi Prefecture. It is priced at 20,000 yen a bottle, the highest price among Nippon Yell brand products, and is sold at a duty-free shop in Haneda Airport in Tokyo. JA ZEN-NOH, or the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, is aiming to expand sales channels for domestically-produced items by marketing the product at the duty-free shop filled with inbound … Continue reading → Posted in Food & Agriculture | Comments Off on Premium wine developed by Japanese agricultural cooperative put on sale at Haneda Airport Nokyo-Kaju-brand fruit juice made of Japan-made fruits returns to market after 14 years Posted on 2024-04-19 by The Japan Agricultural News TOKYO, Apr. 11 – In April this year, a subsidiary of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (ZEN-NOH), Rakuo Kyodo Nyugyo Co., Ltd., started to sell two Nokyo-Kaju-brand fruit juice products, Wakayama-ken-san Mikan” and Kudamono Mix” to help boost fruit production in Japan. The Nokyo-Kaju-brand juice was first released in 1973 by Zenkoku Nokyo Chokuhan Co., Ltd., a predecessor of Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., and sold until March 2010. Wakayama-ken-san Mikan,” which means mandarin oranges from Wakayama Prefecture, is made 100% of Wakayama-grown mandarin oranges. The producer removes peels and skins and squeezes only pulp to ensure a smooth and clean taste with no bitterness. Kudamono Mix,” meaning … Continue reading → Posted in Food & Agriculture | Comments Off on Nokyo-Kaju-brand fruit juice made of Japan-made fruits returns to market after 14 years ← Older posts Search for: Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place. Watch and try to unveil the mystery of Japanese Wagyu. English, French and Chinese Subtitles are available (Spoken only in Japanese). 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