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【News】Noh no IKEBANA: Let’s have fun choosing containers (1) Flat containers for tall, spatial arrangement (Aug. 5, 2016)
Life still in dry branches <”Noh no Ikebana” is an art of arranging agricultural products together with agricultural implements and other familiar instruments. It’s a type of Ikebana but mainly for farmers. The series “Noh no Ikebana” will show you how to best feature the materials and containers you choose, with the help of fans of this style of Ikebana nationwide.> Containers for No no Ikebana are agricultural implements and everyday tools. They are as important as materials, so let’s pay attentions when selecting your containers. Low and shallow containers are easy to handle. You can just put vegetables and flowers nicely on them and you are basically done with … Continue reading
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【News】 Wine festival held by JA Shonai-Tagawa in Yamagata prefecture: Blessing of Mount Gassan or moon’s mountain (Sep. 5, 2016)
Shonai-Tagawa Agricultural Cooperative (JA), headquartered at Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata prefecture, held “Mount Gassan Wine Festival” in the city on August 4. The Mount Gassan (literally, moon’s mountain), one of sacred mountains in Japan, is famous for its ski slope and pure water. They served the festival visitors with “all-you-can-drink” wines and grape juices. Most favorite wine is “Mount Gassan Wine,” which is made from crimson glory vine and wine grapes grown by local farmers. People of the JA Shonai-Tagawa provided a publicity message on their wine producing area to more than 2000 visitors gathering from both inside and outside of the Yamagata prefecture. The JA plans to establish a bigger producing … Continue reading
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【News】 Vegetable producers horribly battered by Typhoon No.10 in Tokachi province, Hokkaido (Sep. 3, 2016)
A number of vegetable producers at Tokachi province in the south-eastern part of Hokkaido, heavily battered by Typhoon No.10 at the end of this August, had their vegetables totally damaged. Most of the vegetables growing in the areas hit by the Typhoon have been covered by floodwater and mud. Some farmers began to clean up the vegetables scattered around on the farm, but other producers are keeping away from their farmlands, where the floodwater has not yet receded. There are some vegetable farms escaping from heavy damages, but it is still difficult for owners of these farms to begin insect pest controlling. They are worried there may be an outbreak … Continue reading
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【Opinion】Learning from Britain’s dairy industry crisis (Sept. 2, 2016)
[By Nobuhiro Suzuki, Professor of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences] Recently, Japan is repeatedly hit by butter shortages. The Regulatory Reform Council has attributed the shortage to dwindling income of dairy farmers who are unable to market their products freely because of the government’s system of designating organizations which control collection and sales of raw milk. But is this really true? My friend who teaches at University of Florida told me that the United States government treats the dairy industry almost like public utility companies such as electricity and gas, as it is necessary to maintain an orderly marketing of raw milk. In Western countries, … Continue reading
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【News】 JA Group of Kyoto Prefecture promotes Kyoto-raised agricultural products at dinner party in Russia (Aug 5, 2016)
Agricultural Cooperative (JA) Group of Kyoto co-hosted a food cultural exchange party at Petrovsky Palace in Moscow, the capital of Russia, on August 3, 2016. Approximately 300 guests from Russia and Japan thoroughly enjoyed the combination of Russian and Japanese food prepared using Kyoto’s locally grown vegetables and wagyu beef. The menu included Kyoto Manganji Amato (sweet green peppers) sautéed and served with salsa sauce and wasabi cream sauce, Kyoto Kujo Negi (non-bulbing Japanese green onions) boiled and served with miso and vinegar dressing, and teriyaki-style Kyoto wagyu beef, which were all delicately prepared by famous Chefs from the two countries. “Vegetables from Kyoto look so beautiful in shapes and … Continue reading
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