【製品名（商品名）】
川中島白桃, 伊達の桃
【種類】
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
【生産地】
福島県伊達市箱崎, 伏黒地区（桃源郷箱崎出荷組合）
【名前の由来】
It is a type of white peach that was accidentally discovered on Kawanakajima, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, and was named after the place.
【主な特徴】
The regularly held festival of Hakozaki Atago Shrine in Date City, Fukushima Prefecture was held at the shrine on April 29th and 30th, 2022, and it seems that the prefecture’s important intangible folk cultural property “Hakozaki Lion Dance” was dedicated. After Shinto ritual, shrine parishioner and other related parties visited meeting places such as the Hakozaki district in the city and prayed for “Disaster prevention and flame proof” and “Safety (well-being) of one’s family; peace and prosperity in the household”. It seems that it was done. “Half soldiers” wearing three lions and an old man face, and “Sasara” with a hyottoko; distorted male mask face appeared, and performed “Kakeai; Battle” dances to the sounds of flutes and drums. It seems that he also went around the village to visit the newly built houses in the district. It was also unveiled near Date Bridge, which was completely closed due to the earthquake that occurred on March 16, and it seems that the people concerned wished for the early restoration and opening of the bridge.（This year, the scale was reduced for the first time in three years, and we visited the meetinghouses and newly built houses in the town. In addition, in front of “Date bridge”, which has been severely damaged by the earthquake and has been closed to traffic, a dance is being performed in the hope of early recovery.）A lion dance is dedicated by the people in the class who devoted themselves to the annual festival on April 29th and 30th at Hakozaki Atago Shrine. The beginning of the lion dance is said to be during the Tenbun (the era name of Emperor Go-Nara) (1532-1555). After praying to the shrine for a good harvest, family safety, and fire prevention, a lion dance procession parades through the area. In the season when peach blossoms bloom, the sight of following people along with the sound of a flute whistle is said to be the same as it used to be. Among the many lion dances in the prefecture, it has been highly evaluated for its old-fashioned style and efforts to inherit and preserve it throughout the region, and was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property of the prefecture in 1982. The lion dance consists of three lions, the “first lion,” “middle lion,” and “female lion,” the “半兵” with an old man’s face, and the “Sasara” with a hyottoko face. On the first day (29th), various dances such as “bow dance”, “utagiri dance”, “six beats”, and “道行（Coat for going out）” will be performed and dedicated to the sound of the flute and drums in the shrine precincts. On the second day (30th), a “village tour” will be held over a day to parade through the neighborhood association in the Hakozaki area, and at night, the shrine will enter Fukugenji Temple and dedicate a “dance of interaction”. Among the dances, the most prestigious “Kakeai no Mai” is a dance that skillfully expresses the emotions of the lions, and many people come to see it. It is a mountain with an altitude of 114 m overlooking the Shintatsu Plain (Fukushima Basin), and the Atago Shrine at the top of the mountain is said to have been built in 1538 (7th year of TENBUN). Solicitation of the god of disaster prevention and fire prevention, Kagu-tsuchi (a synonym based on the functions of fire, such as brilliance and combustion). It is said that people began to live in Date City during the Paleolithic period. During the Nara and Heian periods, a station house was set up on the Tosan road and a county house was placed there. In 1189, at the end of the Heian period, Nakamura Hitachi Irido Nensai (later Date’s first Tomomune) of Hitachi Province, who followed Minamoto no Yoritomo’s attack on Oshu, received Shinobu District and Date District for his military service and was appointed to the lord of a manor. It is said that he was struck and ruled this region. In 1337 of the Nanbokucho period, the Akiie Kitabatake of the Southern Court dedicated the prince Noriyoshi of Emperor Go-Daigo (later Emperor Go-Murakami; the seventh prince of Emperor Go-Daigo and the tradition), and from Taga Castle to Mutsu Kokufu centered on Mt. Ryozen. Moved and built a royal castle here, albeit temporarily. Mr. Date expanded his power to Oshu based in Date District throughout the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, and in 1523, the 14th Tanemune was appointed as the guardian of Mutsu Province, and built the most power in Oshu. In 1548, the grandfather of the 17th Masamune, known as the Monocular Dragon, the 15th Harumune, relied on Yanagawa Castle and Nishiyama Castle (Koori Town, Date District) for 360 years until he moved his base to Yonezawa Castle (Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture). He ruled Shinobu District and Date District. At the end of the Warring States period, after the Oshu punishment by Hideyoshi, Date District passed through Ujisato Gamo and became under the control of Kagekatsu Uesugi from 1598. For 300 years, the change of lords was fierce, and it was divided and ruled by the Japanese feudal lord territory, which is under the direct control of the shogunate (imperial fief). In 1869, Fukushima Prefecture was established by annexing the three counties of Shinobu, Date, and Adachi, and the prefectural office was set up in Fukushima by the abolition of the feudal clan, which became the basis for the development of present-day Fukushima City and Date City. Around 1671, the Abukuma River boat transport (eastbound route), which was developed to transport Oshiro rice to Edo, was also used to transport silkworm seeds, raw silk, and textiles in the middle of the Edo period, and saw the prosperity of commerce. That’s right. In the city, along with Fukushima City, which expanded its city area by promoting the merger due to the implementation of the “Municipal System” in 1889 and the promulgation of the “Municipal Merger Promotion Law” in 1953 after the war, commerce and industry centered on the silkworm industry. It seems that he saw the development of agriculture and forestry. The city is located in the northern part of Fukushima prefecture and is adjacent to the northeastern part of the prefecture capital Fukushima city. It is located in the Fukushima Basin, where you can see the Abukuma mountain range in the east, the Azuma mountain range in the west, and the mountains on the border of Miyagi prefecture in the north. Hobara, where the main government building of the city hall is located, is located about 50 m above sea level. The Abukuma River runs through the western part of the city, and the area around the center of the city is flat and sandy pit, which is suitable for cultivated land. In the southern and eastern parts of the city, the Abukuma Highlands of about 500 to 800 meters extend from north to south. As for the city’s transportation system, National Route 4 and the JR Tohoku Main Line run north and south in the western part of the city. In addition, National Highway 115 runs east-west in the southern part of the city, and National Highway 349 and National Highway 399 run in the center of the city. The Abukuma Kyuko Railway, which connects Fukushima City and Shibata Town, Miyagi Prefecture, runs from southwest to northeast in the center of the city. In addition, of the total area of 265.1 km2, forests account for 38.4% of the total area of 101.782 square kilometers, which is the largest, followed by agricultural land of 70.607 km2, which accounts for 26.6%, and 65% of the total area of Date City is forests. It seems to be occupied by farmland. On January 1, 2006, five towns, Date Town, Yanagawa Town, Hobara Town, Ryozen Town, and Tsukidate Town, were newly established and merged. Before the series of large-scale municipal mergers carried out between 1995 and 2010 under the temporary Special Mergers Law, mergers were carried out by implementing the “Municipal System” in 1889 and by promulgating the “Municipal Merger Promotion Law” in 1953. It seems that it came. Former Date Town merged with Date Town and Fushiguro Village in September 1956. In March 1955, the former Yanagawa Town merged with Yanagawa Town, Awano Village, Isazawa Village, Tomino Village, Yamafuniu Village, Shirane Village, and Sekimoto Village. Former Hobara Town was merged in March 1955 with 1 town and 4 villages of Hobara Town, Ota Village, Kamihobara Village, Hashirazawa Village, and Tominari Village. In January 1955, the former Ryozen Town merged with Kakeda Town, Ishido Village, Ryozen Village, and Oguni Village. Former Tsukidate Town merged with Tsukidate Town and Ote Village in March 1955. It is said that the sericulture industry in the Date region began in the Nara and Heian periods. The legend of Princess Ote（It is said that he was the princess of Emperor Sushun and visited the land after the death of the emperor, asking Prince Hachiko, his real child. At that time, she found many morus alba leaves squeezed, and she was alleged to have introduced the techniques of sericulture and weaving to the area, and her corpse was a goddess. It is reported that it is buried in the mountain. Mt. Megamisan is also famous as a scenic spot, and many climbers visit every year.）, who is said to have spread sericulture to this area, remains in Kawamata and Tsukidate. A document called “Azuma Kagami”, which records the history of the Kamakura Shogunate, describes the battle of Atsugashiyama on August 8, 1189. In this battle, which started the Oshu battle by Minamoto no Yoritomo, “Hitachi Nyudou Nensai” was introduced by Mr. Sato Shinobu in Ishinazaka, Shinobu District with his family. It is reported that he defeated the warlords of Mr. Sato in a fierce battle with the army. Due to the achievements of this battle, “Hitachi Nyudou Nensai” was given Date District in Mutsu Province and named himself Date. According to the document “Date Seito Seijikou”, which records the history of the Date clan compiled in the Edo period, when Mr. Date entered Date District, Takako opened a castle in Oka. It is written that it was built and that the Kameoka Hachiman Shrine was built around it. From this, the remains of the Takakokan are considered to be a promising place for the residence built by the first Date clan. Also, from the Shimomanshoji site in Koori town, it is said that Minamoto no Yoritomo built it as a memorial service for the war dead in the Oshu battle. It seems that tiles have been found. Even in the Kamakura period, the existence of temple ruins that show a connection with the Kamakura Shogunate suggests that Koori may be a sufficient candidate for the home of the Date clan. In addition to this, it seems that the area around the ruins of Yanagawa Castle in Date City and the area around the ruins of Koori Nishiyama Castle are considered as candidate sites for the place where Mr. Date first built his residence. “Kawanakajima Hakuto Peach”, which I have introduced before, is in the process of improving peach varieties at my own farm in the 1955’s by Masamoto Ikeda of Yotsuya, Kawanakajima Town, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. Discovered again. It is said that shipment began in 1961 as “Ikeda No. 1 Peach”. Kawanakajima is characterized by its strong sweetness and low acidity. The texture is a little hard and has a nice texture, unlike the softness of the juice. One of the charms of white peach is that you can enjoy its firm texture. It is now cultivated from Aomori in the north to Kyushu in the south, and is famous as a popular peach that boasts the third largest production in Japan. The log is still on the farm of Mr. Satoru Ikeda on the banks of the Sai River. In 1960, while his father-in-law, Masamoto Ikeda (deceased), tried various matings, he happened to bear fruit with a delicious peach. It was 17 years later that the name “Kawanakajima Hakuto Peach” was given to this peach, which was originally called “Ikeda No. 1 Peach”. Masamoto generously distributed the seedlings to the farmers in the Kawanakajima area, carefully cultivated this variety with everyone in the area, and spread it throughout the country. In the district, depending on the season, the town and mountains are dyed in pastel colors due to the soft breeze of cherry blossoms, peaches, apples, and rape blossoms. Among them, the peach blossoms, which dye one side pink, have a beautiful contrast between the blue of the sky and the green of the grass, and are just like the peach source town. At the direct sales office next to JA Fukushima Mirai Date Farming Center along National Highway 399, it seems that peaches that have been repelled by scratches in front of the store during the heyday of peaches are offered at a reasonable price. Soft peaches and hard peaches are put in separate boxes, so you can buy them to your liking.
It was named in 1977 with a variety that was born by chance on Kawanakajima in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. The size is large, about 250-350 g, and it has a long shelf life. Kawanakajima Hakuto Peach is called the okute variety, and the harvest season is late from late August to late September. It is a large ball and is relatively large, and the fruit is hard and firm, and the response to eating is attractive.
It seems that cultivars imported from Europe, the United States and China began to be cultivated in Date City (formerly Fushiguro Village, Hakozaki Village, Takako Village) around 1891. From 1955 to 1965, it seems that the area was further expanded due to the conversion from the mulberry garden and the new planting in the mountainous areas. Also, the peaches cultivated at that time were small fruits and hard flesh, and it seems that the quality was different from the present. Most of the varieties cultivated in the 1965s were for processing (canned), mainly Sunago Peach, Kurakata Peach, and Okubo Peach, and it seems that “Hakuho peach” was cultivated for raw consumption. After that, “Akatsuki Peach” was cultivated and shipped in earnest from around 1979, and it boasts the largest share of cultivars to date. Date’s peaches use an optical sensor fruit sorter to sort fruits with the catchphrase “delicious grain alignment”, and the sweetness and deliciousness are guaranteed.
The Peach Blossom is an utopia written in Tao Yuanming’s book “The Peach Blossom” in China, and generally refers to another world away from the world. Sengo / Buryo Togen (a peaceful utopia far from the world. “Wuling” is a place name and exists in Hunan Province, China. “Togen” is a peaceful place away from the world (in Japan, by Chogoro Kaionji（1901-1977）). Yanagisawa uproar is famous)). One of among the mountains other world theories, true utopia; 黄金世界.