How This Mountain Village Became Japan’s #1 Organic Yuzu Producer

It's a fox Definitely isn't it Definitely the fox is here Oh It's impressive the timing is great this Today I'm visiting the seasonal sweet potato dish this summer before entering the sweet potato dish is ready Now after several months of waiting the main event is ready Winter Sweet Potato Festival welcome new visitors Welcome back to those returning I am Mika This is Jessie This is our dog Penguick Today I am away from home to visit Umayji With Mr Kinoshita We have come to find a way to turn this town into Japan's organic yuzu capital Yuzu Half Festival is an event for the entire village Everyone children and grandparents is walking through the grassland There are 180 representatives Representative The representative you see If you just double it considering a couple that would be 360 That's right It's probably going to be three times as many collaborators on weekends The ones who come to help Or rather the people who come They might be relatives Since relatives and friends gather on weekends I get the feeling that around 600 people might not be able to come Hello I can't see it I can't see it now I'm taking a photo alone but I feel lonely Local farmer Kiyooka is picking one type of fruit by himself He is the master of his work And he is They are showing how the experts do it It's sunken in This part of the basket Oh I see That thing on the basket The bottom of this one is sunken in This is why it's indented Oh I see Sorry It's in the way Understood understood He makes it look clean However between the famous Ray Long Torn and Halfist Paul I am not yet mustard Oh no Sorry That's what we did together Bad Why Practice practice Strong No we're discussing it In labor regarding the yuzu plant everyone sometimes wants to reach out Just one hand This is so many of them Oh I see In Osaka Marie Porter in Osaka Did it end I'm not me Mr Kinoshita said I could use the welfare I didn't take it on my own No no there's no name written Mr Kinoshita didn't take it on his own Buy it all I'll buy it all 50 000 yen On average the village grows about 800 tons of yuzu However this year About 1 000 tons of fruit is difficult to handle even if the whole family participates Japanese travelers who do a lot of work to manage the load are participating with their entire family for one month growing Umayuzu It's good that they are being helped When the basket is drawn the clock battle begins Oh right the truck left Wow amazing All yuzu Because everyone is squeezing them on top I'll show you Wow amazing I want to show you Do you want to see I want to show you because it's in front of me Everyone is here It is 4 o'clock The blush time of Umayuzu All farmers go to the product center to measure the weight of the fruits Fruits need to be harvested on the same day to maintain their organic freshness This can save the team a lot of time At half past six You'restless aren't you What time is it from 6:30 to 7:30 I work until 9 o'clock Night work 9 o'clock That's being quite cautious about labor violations Then all at 11 o'clock The person above Hmm After collecting the product Yuzu begins the next journey High-tech machines harvest the fruit Fresh fruit is prepared for Marvel Aid The rest is The juice is frozen In the horse area nothing can be discarded For maintaining a solid organic service for the village's own skincare line there are no shortcuts or quick fixes Once a year We will send all the yuzu at 3 o'clock for testing We will also conduct a residue pesticide test The remaining skincare line and the skincare line return to the composting site For the cultivation of the next year Cultivation is a rotational method A large fragrant livingenvironment This is a clean operation but this citrus industry did not arise overnight In fact it was an industry born from a crisis For a long time Umayado was a thriving logging town However the cultivation collapsed and the village gradually collapsed To recreate themselves yuzu was pressed by hand down a steep slope first they pressed fruits they sold the juice at department stores and The village contacts direct people to the distributor for the email order business from Simple Juice It was made at all levels of use Guggun Umademura is Cool mountain streamsand internationally Beginning with two staff members For over 90 years staff and over 100 Guggun products from Umayamura but they did not grow just to sell good products They did it and gave their senseless charm Supporting the stylish cosmopolitan design of 1990s Japa Umaji drew close to the roots of their border They have a rustic design a locally playful adventure They supported the direct attack on the mainland Mr Matsuzaki The creative ideas behind the brand explain their philosophy In the 1990s being with people was what made us happy everyone Being the same as others If the neighbor bought a TV we wanted to buy one too If people are in a big car I want to be in a big car too Since 1990 my value has come from being different from others Maybe that's why the beginning was so unpredictable and I think that's exactly the kind of feeling we had at that time This is the first poster I made as a message This one My younger brother will get angry Because I said the older brother was coming back but he's a liar It's good that you're not smiling Usually people use photos where they are smiling But sometimes you end up looking a bit angry By setting up a street were able to draw the street on a map It was successful due to the sincere charm of the locals This is Ocala the 2nd year of the Mura Prize My father is growing yuzu in the mountains This is my father My father and the village are both loved by me The village of the horse road's ponzu soy sauce yuzu Today is no good Going to the bath isn't bad That's not good That's right It's no good it's no good That's right Everyone together it's warm It's still the same as always ponzu Alright Hurry up hurry up Hurry up hurry up Hurry up and press it Freshly pressed and soaked Marujima Agricultural Cooperative When branding captures the charm of the village it is the food that gives that charm to the plate Mr Kawanami is You came to make country sushi I filled it up Sorry It's translated as "Country Sushi " but in this region's cuisine they didn't use fresh fish It was difficult to collect in the mountains Instead the people of Marugō village were looking around the mountains They used what they had collected We made a sushi dish featuring the region's fresh vegetables The scent is nice The new scent is nice What about the taste The taste is still there It is thin It becomes清爽 Then add the special feature of Yamajima village the youth juice to the rice vinegar Mix it Yes Bright earthy The village has a similar feel I'm sorry It 's difficult Is it difficult I managed to do it somehow Practice practice I'll eat this But Hiraoka was not very satisfied Now Taura is reading Thus Here is some sushi It is soft It is better to leave it for a while It will settle Let's eat You're hungry aren't you Breakfast Stay quiet Until this time What happened did you mess up I think I put in a little too much This entry is in the cold Maintaining this way of life is not only about respecting the past but also about valuing it We need to find the future In the village of Maruyama this land's characteristics and the small population the idea that small is best seems to have worked well Makurayama village and 96% of it is forest so there are houses and a river in the remaining 4% and there is almost no farmland It is because of such creative efforts that the yuzu industry has reached its current state Maybe if there had been a large farmland area like in Marugun I think Marugun wouldn't be the way it is now Thankfully Yuzu is now popular and we have many customers which is very appreciated but the agricultural cooperative is still taking the lead in new initiatives I think we have to do it What we are aiming for or our philosophy or purpose is something like that I think it's whether the people of Maru village can have a rich life It's because there's only a middle school in Maru village After graduating from middle school go to a high school in Takamatsu City and then go to university So what I'm thinking of doing in my future efforts is creating something like Marumura High School How to create various aspects of Marumura that's what I think leads to richness It's not that I can't think of anything I think It's all things that can be done I think the challenges will become the bright side I think that way you know I don't know if I can or can't but I'll try I'm looking forward to it Thank you Let's do an interview again in about five years While many Japanese cities are fleeing The village of Maru is overcoming the crisis We seek prosperity not merely survival However Marumura is not just in Izu They have a community like a family The village that collapsed the country 's history was created Marujima village Effort and work for the sake of enjoyment in the process of Welcome to the people of Umati Welcome to the world And then Thank you for watching this channel over the past year patrons and supporters the free version of the voice-over is waiting for you Have a great year Let's meet again next time Goodbye