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【News】Tokyo Metro now operates farming station to grow green veggies (Oct. 2, 2016)
One of the subway operators in Tokyo is now growing vegetables at its high-tech farming station in a building underneath its elevated railway track to grow leafy green vegetables and sell them to local restaurants and shops under the name of “Tokyo Salad.” The indoor growing space is called the Metro Vegetable Center and operated by Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. It’s in the building of approximately 167 square meters underneath the railway track of Tozai Line, between Nishi-Kasai Station and Kasai Station in Edogawa ward. The building which was once a warehouse has now been renovated into a high-tech veggie growing plant equipped with automated, hydroponic vertical farming units where … Continue reading
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【News】 Noh no Ikebana exhibition in Tokyo gives new lives to old agricultural implements (Oct. 7, 2016)
Members of Noh no Ikebana Tokyo Group held an exhibition of their arrangements on October 6, 2016 at one of the major plant nurseries in Tokyo, Shindo Sogo Engei Center in the city of Musashimurayama. The arrangements are created using agricultural products and old agricultural implements to give new lives to the obsolete instruments. The leader of the group, Yoko Hamanaka, 73, said, “I hope this will offer an opportunity for everyone to recall a life on a farm in old times.” The old farming utensils belong to Susumu Shindo, a 65-year-old manager of the plant nursery. He has been collecting old farming tools such as daihachi guruma (a large, … Continue reading
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【News】 127 wild mushrooms on display in Nagano to call for care to avoid eating toxic, some deadly, mushrooms (Oct. 5, 2016)
As the peak season for mushroom hunting started in Japan, the number of reports on mushroom poisoning is on rise. According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, as of October 3 this year, 17 people became ill after mistakenly eating poisonous mushrooms. During the past ten years, approximately 1,500 people were reported to have suffered from the mushroom poisoning. Five among them died. On October 4, the food hygiene association of Nagano Prefecture started a display of 127 types of wild mushrooms in the farmers’ market of JA Nagano, an agricultural cooperative headquartered in Nagano Prefecture, as one of its initiatives to prevent wild mushroom poisoning. The mushrooms … Continue reading
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【News】 Gentians’ use for happy occasions expanding (Sep. 26, 2016)
In Japan, gentians have been standard flowers for Buddha and ancestors. But they are recently coming into use for other specific moments as well including happy occasions such as medal ceremonies, weddings and baby gifts. Marketers have been successful in discovering the new usages of gentians by focusing on their colors and thick stems and this is also encouraging gentian growers to increase their production. ■Bouquets for winning athletes In early September when people were still talking about great performances of athletes competed in Rio, winners of Inter College Swimming Championship 2016 including some Olympians such as Kosuke Hagino and Daiya Seto were given victory bouquets of fresh gentians when … Continue reading
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【News】Japanese native breed cotton production on increase, promoting use of abandoned lands and creation of new local specialty (Sep. 24, 2016)
Futon shop owner and farmers collaborate in growing Japanese breed cotton and supporting use of recycled cotton in Toyama Prefecture The very first raw “yumigahama” Japanese breed cotton harvesting began at an abandoned rice field in one mountainous farm area in Matsukura, Uotsu, Toyama Prefecture. It’s a part of the project named “Wata Hajime,” which literally means “starting with cotton” and aims at starting and expanding the production of Japanese native breed cotton in the prefecture so that the product which is free from bird and animal damage can create jobs and a place to gather for local female and senior workers. The project also focuses attentions to the increasing … Continue reading
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