Currently, it seems that the harvest of new potatoes in spring is at its peak. This excellent agricultural product seems to be harvested from the end of March to June of potatoes planted in winter. Unlike the new potatoes that are harvested at the beginning of the year, the taste is the strongest and most fluffy, probably because it has passed the cold winter.
Nowadays, there is a lot of noise about the shortage of imported potatoes, but the season for new potatoes has arrived for domestic potatoes. Every year, new potatoes with novel illustrations that can be seen at a glance, and Gajamaru-kun from Nagashima Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, have begun to arrive.
In 1981, he started cultivating potatoes with a representative and more than 20 producers. Under the passionate production guidance and passionate producers, the potatoes grown on the clay red soil unique to this island have been one of the largest producers in Kagoshima prefecture after more than 40 years. It seems that it became a production area.
In 2017, it seems that the latest large-scale sorting machine with a maximum processing time of 150 tons was introduced by introducing a power-up project in the production area of the country. Together with 650 farmers, it seems that they will continue to deliver potatoes to consumers with passion while thinking of the happy smiles of the eaters.