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【News】 Musician-cum-goat cheese producer stimulate a local community in Toyama prefecture (Feb. 17, 2016)
Tomomi Yoshida, 34, has been enthusiastic in goat cheese production as well as in musical activities at Kurobe-shi, facing the Japan Sea in the eastern part of Toyama prefecture. A cheese product of YOSHIDA KOSAN, which company she has been working for, was awarded “Supreme Product Prize” at a goat cheese international contest, “All’Ombra della Madonnina,” held at Milan, Italy in May 2015. Her company was the first Asian winner of the award at the contest. This January, Japan Airlines began to offer the cheese produced by her company during in-flight meal services for passengers of its international flights. Tomomi Yoshida has another occupation of a singer. Music of her … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Behind the ￥80 canned tomatoes (Feb. 16, 2016)
Senior special writer, Masaru Yamada The other day, I saw extremely cheap Italy-made cans of tomatoes sold at a supermarket in my neighborhood. The 400 gram cans were priced around ￥80 each. I bought them, opened them at home and found a couple of cylinder-shaped tomatoes packed in tomato juice. I said to my colleagues that I was shocked by the low price, and was told that it is “something quite ordinary.” Indeed, it looks like canned tomatoes are available at such prices at most online shopping sites. Imports of processed tomatoes — whole tomatoes and crushed ones, no sugar added — totaled 98,000 tons last year, amounting to ￥10.5 … Continue reading
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【News】 Wild animal leather crafts gain popularity (Feb. 6, 2016)
An exhibition and sale of crafts made of leathers of wild animals such as boars and deer, which damage field crops at local areas in Japan, opened at TOKYO SKYTREE in Sumida-ku, Tokyo on Feb. 5. Research institutes including universities and designers joined the exhibition to sell their craftworks through Feb. 17. Kina Kato, 42, a leather craft designer, displayed wallets and brooches made of leathers of deer captured at a Nikko area in Tochigi prefecture. “Quality of deer leathers depends upon nuts and other foods available in the forest when they are trapped. Its texture differs from one season to another. I hope my craftworks will be appreciated for … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Let us protect the community of all sentient beings (Jan. 18, 2016)
Yutaka Une, farmer and philosopher Before we knew it, we have begun to think that it is always better to manufacture something with lower costs and shorter working hours if quality is not affected. But I believe such way of thinking is abnormal when it comes to agriculture. If farmers become obsessed with such an idea, it would become a norm for them to try to remain competitive at home and abroad only in terms of economic value. However, it is not only farmers that are engaged in farming. For example, rice is created by the coordination among the sun, the rain, water, soil, other creatures, wind (atmosphere), waterways, ridges … Continue reading
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【News】 Big red plump tomato grow in whiskey bottle (Jan. 16, 2016)
Kentrou Tominaga Growing a big red tomato in a bottle. That’s what this 72-year-old gentleman in Omihachiman-shi, Shiga Prefecture, does it as a hobby. Hitoshi Watanabe, who is actually a vegetable farmer, uses clear empty whiskey bottles of approximately 25 centimeters tall. He puts one young tomato in a bottle when it’s small enough to fit in the 3-centimeter mouth of the bottle, carefully not to drop the tomato off the branch. Then he takes care of it, always making sure that the bottle is tightly fixed and untouched as much as possible. When the tomato gets big, he cuts it off the branch and fills the bottle with … Continue reading
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