【製品名(商品名)】
はまさき
【種類】
Citrus unshiu (Swingle) Marcow.
【生産地】
佐賀県唐津市（JAからつ）
【名前の由来】
It’s a little reddish, bright orange, and is said to have been named for the precocious oranges that have been around since the Lunar New Year. The Hamatama Fruit Sorting Plant is located in “Hamasaki, Hamatama Town”, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture. Content and acidity meet the standards, and select products with excellent appearance and sell them as “Hamasaki”.
【主な特徴】
In March 2022, a third-year student at Futago Nishi Karatsu Junior High School in Karatsu City called for a fund-raising activity to support Ukraine, which has suffered many casualties due to the invasion by the Russian army. I started. It seems that about 10 volunteers called for support with the message “NO WAR” and “To support Ukraine”. About half a month ago, from mid-February, there were voices of concern about the intensifying invasion in the notebooks that were exchanged between the students and their homeroom teachers. It is said that the students decided to raise funds after thinking about what they could do. On the first day, the students stood in front of the entrance when they went to school, and it seems that about 21,000 yen was collected. It seems that the collected money will be donated to the UN Children’s Fund for two days until March 5th so as not to reduce the motivation to learn. The core member, a 3-year-old girl student, is a video posting app TikTok (ByteDance Co., Ltd .: Global, which operates a series of content platforms that provide information, education, entertainment, and inspiration to people in various languages, cultures, and regions. It seems that he saw the participants of the anti-war demonstration being detained at a technology company) and the streets of Ukraine being attacked. I understood the situation and just watched the video made me sad. He explained that he wanted to cooperate even a little. JA Karatsu is an agricultural cooperative that has jurisdiction over Karatsu City and Genkai Town in the northern part of Saga Prefecture, and was established in 2006 by merging four agricultural cooperatives : Karatsu City, Uwaba, Saga Matsuura, and eastern Matsuura. Currently, the biggest problem in Japan’s agriculture is the aging and decline of agricultural workers. In labor-intensive vegetable farming, the labor shortage is more serious. Therefore, it seems that measures against labor shortages are an urgent issue in vegetable-producing areas. One of the main measures is the introduction of contract farm work business. In vegetable-producing areas, it seems that the number of agricultural cooperatives that carry out contract farming projects for vegetable cultivation is increasing. Agricultural work to be entrusted is, firstly, forming a labor peak, and secondly, agricultural work that enables efficient business management due to the progress of mechanization. One such agricultural work is shipping preparation, that is, sorting and boxing work. It seems that the co-selection co-sale business, in which the agricultural cooperative undertakes the shipping preparation work, has been carried out in the form of being integrated with the agricultural cooperative co-sale for vegetables such as fruits and vegetables, which have been mechanized for shipping preparation. In recent years, it seems that the establishment of a package center that does not integrate with co-sale and entrusts shipping preparation work only to those who wish is spreading. Package centers have been opened for various items, but it seems that the number is increasing. Strawberries are a highly labor-intensive item, but they form a large labor peak, especially during harvesting and shipping preparation, and strawberry producers have been forced to work long hours during that period. Partly because of this, the decline in strawberry producers has been accelerating in recent years. The number of production areas where package centers are being established is increasing with the main purpose of reducing the labor burden on strawberry producers, but the mechanization of sorting and boxing work is delayed in strawberries, and most package centers are mainly manual work. The work system is adopted. Therefore, the processing capacity is limited, and it seems that the ratio of strawberry shipments that can be processed at the package center is low in many cases. It seems that there is an excessive labor burden as another major factor in the decrease in strawberry producers. I heard that the number of workers required for the facility to operate at full capacity is about 100. The processing quantity per worker seems to be about 50 packs per hour (270 grams per pack). If the producer selects them individually, the number of packs will be about 20 per person per hour, which is about 2.5 times higher in work efficiency. In addition, the package workshop is fully air-conditioned, and you have to go through an air shower when you enter, so it seems that hygiene management is thorough as an agricultural product collection and shipping facility. As for the effect of the package center, it seems that there are great expectations for reduction of labor burden on producers in shipping preparation work, cost reduction and marketing effect. Regarding the reduction of labor burden, it seems that the effect is great because it can reduce the labor at the time of harvesting and shipping preparation, which forms a large labor peak. According to the results of a questionnaire survey conducted in the listed area in 2011, 19% of the respondents said that they felt better and 31% said that they had more time for their family. So, both of them account for 50%, and many people appreciate that they have time to spare. According to a survey by the Saga Prefectural Agricultural Experiment and Research Center, the shipping preparation working hours per 10 ares of cultivation area is 771 hours for producers who do not use the package center, and 223 hours for producers who use the package center. It seems that a significant reduction in working hours has been realized. Reiko, In 1984, at the fruit tree test site Kuchinotsu branch : Present : Minamishimabara City (currently the Fruit Tree Research Institute Citrus Research Division (Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki Prefecture)), a strain developed by crossing “Markot” with “Kiyomi” and “Angkor No. 5”. In 1986, he was highly connected to Unshu Mandarin and first fruited in 1989.（Middle-aged Tangor）Since April 1996, the 8th citrus system adaptability and characterization test has been conducted.（The fruit is oblong and the peel is pale reddish orange to dark orange. The hardness is moderate, and peeling is rather easy.）When you look at the record and show the features that it’s worthy of the agreement. The appearance of the tree is in the middle position, the size and vigor of the tree, the thickness of the shoots, the internode length and the degree of shoots in the shoots are moderate. “Omitting” The fruit juice is high, the sweetness is high, the sourness is medium, the flavor is high, the number of seeds is small, and the number of embryos is multi-embryo.「国立研究開発法人農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構 : 茨城県つくば市」Application for registration was made in 2003, and breed registration was made in 2005. It was registered as “Tangor Norin No.9” on January 26, 2004 and also registered as No. 13542 under the Seed and Seedlings Law of Japan on December 7, 2005. Compared to “Setoka”（Different strains are registered as different varieties with the same cross）and “Markot”, distinctiveness is recognized due to the fact that the fruitfulness is large and the maturity period is early. The shipment period starts around February, and peaks at around March, with a short period and high value.Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, is renowned as a leading production area and reminded me of my classmate, who was my own son-in-law. Fruit skin is from light red orange to dark orange. Approximately 2.3 mm thick Inside and outside, it is thin, but the hardness is medium and peeling is a little easy. The fruits are oblate and cute. The fruit surface is smooth and completely colored from late November to mid-December, making it difficult to fade. The flesh is dark orange, the flesh is soft, and the amount of juice is large. Segment membrance is relatively thin and easy to eat, the sugar content of fruit juice is high at about 12 %, and acid reduction is relatively easy. It has a fragrance like a mixture of Orange and Murcott Tangor, and has a good taste and is refreshing. It has a male sterility and no pollen, so it is non-nuclear unless pollen of other varieties is applied. The maturity period is mid-January, which is earlier than ‘Iyokan orange’ and ‘Kiyomi orange’. The tree shape is between upright and open, with long shoots, medium thickness, and dense growth. In addition, the tree vigor is moderate. Thorns occur, but they are shorter and less frequent, and tend not to occur when the tree vigor settles down. The fruiting is relatively good, and it is strong against Streptomyces spp.However, it is recognized that it is somewhat susceptible to canker（Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri）disease. I have heard that the degree of stem pitting caused by Citrus tristeza virus is high. I forgot, because I don’t make pollen myself, I can’t get seeds unless I’m pollinated by pollen of another variety. It seems that the first auction of this year was held on January 5, 2022 at the Saga Genkai Fisheries Cooperative in Karatsu City, where the Hamasaki shipping area is located. One union leader from JA who participated in the auction saying “I want to have a good year this year when the corona has converged” was caught in the Genkai Sea because of the purchase of the large direct sales shop “Karatsu Umakamon Market” in the city. It seems that he bid off about 14 kg of yellowtail for about 308,000 yen. According to the Fisheries Cooperative, yellowtail is usually traded for around 1,000 to 1,200 yen per kilo. It is said that the maximum transaction amount of yellowtail was 15,000 yen per kilo, and the union leader seems to have bid off at 22,000 yen per kilo, which is much higher than the previous record. From something that is the basis of the congratulatory market, the market price in 2022 (I responded to the interview that it was in the economy. I am relieved to be able to bid off. It seems that it was a perfect start dash and proud. This auspicious Until January 6th, the sardines were served as one of the lunch buffets (11:00 am to 3:00 pm) at Karatsu Umakamon Market. I envy them. “Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture” : It is located in the northwestern part of the prefecture. The city area covers about 36 km east-west and about 30 km north-south, with a total area of about 487.60 km2. It occupies about 20% of the whole prefecture. The eastern part of the city is Itoshima City and Saga City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The southern part is Taku City, Takeo City, and Imari City. The western part borders Matsuura City, Nagasaki Prefecture, separated by Genkai Town and Imari Bay. The northern part faces the Genkai Sea.In the eastern part, the Sefuri mountain range slopes gently toward Karatsu Bay. The central part has a flat part along the basin of the Matsuura River, and the western part has a hilly Uwaba plateau. Karatsu Bay, which forms the land, has strip-shaped Matsubara and sandy beaches on both wings, and Takashima is located in the center of the bay. etc. Agriculture : Early paddy field remains including continental ground stoneware and carbonized rice were concentrated and discovered in the northern Kyushu region, such as the Itazuke site located at Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, Nabatake site located at Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, Magarita site located at Fukuoka Prefecture and Notame site located at Fukuoka Prefecture. The essence of art that connects the modern era to the future. Traditional ceramic art of ‘Karatsu ware’ dates all the way back to the Momoyama period. In the beginning of karatsu ware, cloudy straw ashes glaze was used frequently. But after the Meiji Restoration, karatsu ware lost the clan’s patronage, and the number of kilns which canceled production increased, they doubted whether it continued. ‘Ichiraku 2 Hagi 3 Karatsu’ : Designated as a traditional Japanese craft along with the branch Takeo Kokaratsu ware. Tadazane’s younger brother, the Lord of the Mikawa-Yoshida Domain (present-day Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture), and Tadatomo OGASAWARA (whose descendants were lords of Karatsu Domain, Hizen Province [present-day Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture] at the time of the Meiji Restoration) invited Sohen Yamada, one of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ (as the closest followers of the founder of the Sansenke（Omote, Ura, Mushakoji（Kankyuan））tea ceremony, SEN no Sotan, were known), to revive the matcha ceremony, though separately from the Ogasawara style. Tadazane（Shimousa Country Koga Castle – Mr. Fuchu Ogasawara）stayed the position as the lord of the Kokura Domain until the end of Edo period and the line of Tadatomo which was relocated to some places, was finally relocated to the Karatsu Domain, Hizen Province (presently Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture) holding 60,000 koku and the line of Nagatsugu was finally relocated to the Anji Domain, Harima Province (presently Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture) holding 10,000 koku as the result of change of rank due to misrule and extinction of the family line. Now, let’s return to the story of mandarin oranges. This is a bud mutation of Miyakawa-wase found by Hisahiko UENO（Ueno-Wase）of Hamatama Town, Higashimatsuura District, (today’s Karatsu City,) Saga Prefecture in 1970, and was registered as a new variety in 1985. Also, It is a bud mutation of Miyakawa-wase found by Mr. Hirofumi Morita（Morita Citrus Unshiu）of Nanayama Village, Higashimatsuura District (today’s Karatsu City,) Saga Prefecture, and was registered as a new variety in 1980. 名護屋城跡並陣跡-Designated November 4, 1926. 唐津市鎮西町名護屋 / 呼子殿ノ浦 -Designated as a special historic site on August 22, 1955. The castle was built about 400 years ago. Formerly Matsuura 48 Party, Mr. Hata’s transportation base. Hideyoshi-Ko who unified the country : A military base for troops to Ming dynasty (Now China) on the korean Peninsula（Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)）. 国史跡 : 菜畑遺跡 -昭和58年5月11日指定, 唐津松浦墳墓群 – 昭和41年12月19日指定, 平成26年10月6日に追加指定,谷口古墳 – 昭和16年12月13日指定, 横田下古墳 – 昭和26年6月9日指定, 肥前陶器窯跡 – 昭和15年2月10日指定, 県史跡 : 島田塚 – 昭和47年3月29日指定, 獅子城跡 – 平成3年3月30日指定,鵜殿石仏群 – 昭和31年3月1日指定, 岸岳城跡 – 平成8年11月15日指定, 瓢塚古墳 – 平成16年3月8日指定, 岸岳古窯跡（道納屋窯跡）- 平成17年11月7日指定, 仁田埴輪窯跡1基 – 平成24年4月27日指定, 特別名勝 : 虹の松原 – 昭和30年3月24日指定, 国天然記念物 : 屋形石の七ツ釜 – 大正14年10月8日指定, カラスバト – 昭和46年5月19日指定,串アコウ自生北限地帯 – 昭和3年1月18日指定, 広沢寺のソテツ（妙廣禅尼） – 大正13年12月9日指定, 県天然記念物 : 切木のボタン – 昭和51年2月25日指定, 加部島暖地性植物群落 – 昭和49年2月25日指定,弁天島の呼子岩脈群 – 平成14年3月6日指定,重要文化的景観 : 蕨野の棚田 – 平成20年7月28日選定, 登録有形文化財 : 竹屋1件 – 平成10年8月4日告示, 旧杵島炭坑大鶴鉱業所第二坑口1件 – 平成16年6月24日告示, 医王寺 本堂, 山門2件 – 平成22年9月10日告示, 旧村上歯科医院（中町カーサ）1件 – 平成26年4月25日指定, 町家カフェぜん1件 – 平成26年4月25日指定, 旅館綿屋本館1件 – 平成26年4月25日指定, 旅館綿屋旅館1件 – 平成26年4月25日指定, 国重要文化財（考古資料）: 肥前唐津宇木出土品 – 昭和35年6月9日指定, 県重要無形民俗文化財 : 広瀬浮立（武家風裃, 五穀豊穣）- 昭和48年4月23日指定, 厳木町大字広瀬 天山神社. An inspection to check the quality of Koshihikari Rice from Karatsu in 2021 was conducted on the morning of August 23, and it seems that it was judged to be the highest grade “1st grade”. Early rice Koshihikari cultivated in Karatsu City seems to be harvested more than a month earlier than other areas. Of these, at the Karatsu Western Rice Center, it seems that three JA inspectors inspected the quality such as color, shape, and water content on the morning of the 23rd, targeting 12 tons cut from August 17th. Last year, it rained heavily at the time of harvest, and although the harvest was delayed for about 4 days, the grain tension and size were sufficient and it was judged to be “1st grade”.
From the Reiko Orange cultivated in the eastern part of MATSUURA（The birthplace of the Matsuura Party, famous as the Navy, but a coalition of Mr. Matsuura’s armed groups organized in the Hizen Matsuura region from the Heian period to the Warring States period. The family was divided into 48 families.）in KARATSU, those with a sugar content of 12.5 degrees or more and an acidity of less than 1% and excellent appearance are selected and branded and shipped as HAMASAKI ORANGE. In order to increase the sugar content of this agricultural product, it is fully ripened on the tree to the last minute and stress is accumulated. However, at the same time, the acidity also rises, so after harvesting, in a low temperature storage It seems to let it sit for about a month to remove the acid.
Karatsu Umakamon Market’s Karauma-kun (The official name is Fresh Group Karauma Corps You Karauma, Karatsu Umakamon, birthday is said to have been born to spread the Umaka agricultural and livestock products that I loved from the bottom of my heart, raised in Karatsu. It seems that everyone should get along well.) The “Saga no Charaft Exhibition”, which displays paper crafts of local characters in Saga Prefecture, began on March 4, 2022 at the Central Gallery on the 2nd floor of the Saga City Library (Tenjin, Karatsu City). It seems. The organizer is Saga, a design club consisting of members such as graphic designers. As part of our activities, we are conducting paper craft design and production guidance related to the local area, and at the manufacturing event “Monosugo Festa” sponsored by Saga Prefecture, we will be at the “Mietsu Naval Dock Site”, one of the industrial revolution heritage sites of Meiji Japan located in Saga City. By the way, it seems that he had a paper craft experience of a steamship model. We are exhibiting 66 bodies made by making paper crafts of 62 local characters in the prefecture.
The Saga Prefecture Shiitake mushrooms competition was held on March 5, 2022, and among the 11 entries, Masao HARA (JA Karatsu Ochi Town (formerly Higashi Matsura District, now Karatsu City) Shiitake was awarded the highest Saga Prefecture Governor’s Award. It seems that shiitake mushrooms from the mushrooms cultivation study group) were selected. It seems that there are about 100 producers in the prefecture who grow shiitake mushrooms from raw wood. The competition is held every year with the aim of improving the cultivation technique and awareness of the prefecture’s raw wood shiitake mushrooms, and this is the 19th time. The examination was conducted at the Prefectural Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station in Saga City, and it seems that experts such as representatives of the experimental station and the Federation of Prefectural Forestry Associations examined the shape, quality, and assortment of shiitake mushrooms.