In 2016, the 2nd National Melon Summit was held in Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and the 6th of every month was established as Melon Day. On June 6, 2022, the shipment of special net melons began in Tsuruoka City. “Net Melon”, which produces the largest amount of agricultural products in the Shonai region, has a history of more than 100 years and seems to be known as “Shonai Sand Dunes Melon” as one of the leading production areas in Japan. Shonai Plain, Yamagata Prefecture – It is nurtured by the flow of the mogami river and Akagawa river from different sources. To the north Mt. Chokai : Dewa Sanzan (Three Mountains of Dewa ; Shrine -Mt. Haguro, Mt. Gassan, Mt. Yudono) to the east – It is said that Koteko’s son, Prince Hachiko, escaped from the capital at the discretion of Prince Umayado (Prince Shotoku), and became the founder of Dewa Sanzan (Three Sacred Mountains of Dewa) in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. South is surrounded by mountains in the Asahi mountain range（Mt. Kanko, Mt. Koasahi, Mt. Hiraiwa, Mt. Torihara, Mt. Iwaigame etc.）One of Japan’s leading granary areas, with large sand dunes on the west side facing the Sea of Japan. Humans settled in the Region as far back as the Paleolithic and Jomon periods. Southern hills and foothills : The ruins of hunting life at that time are interspersion. In the Kofun period, people also settle in the lowlands of the plains. He started his rice-growing life under the control of a powerful family. At the end of the Heian period, a manor called Oizumi-sho was set up in this region. “Gikeiki”, 大泉荘大梵寺を通せ給ふ – Description, Daibon-ji Temple later became known as Daiho-ji Temple. Eventually it will become the center of Oizumi-sho. At the beginning of the Kamakura period, Mr. Muto ruled as lord of a manorof Oizumi-sho. Since then, it has prospered as a regional center throughout the Middle Ages : In the 1530s, seeking harm during the war : Take up residence at Oura Castle (now Oyama). From the Middle Ages, Mt. Haguro was a major force here. It is said that he also served as a steward and protected Kurokawa thickly（Inherited for more than 500 years by the parishioner ; It is divided into an upper seat and a lower seat, which are Noza (farmer) of the guardian Kasuga Shrine. Oral biography of the 56th Emperor Seiwa. Designated in 1976 as a national important intangible folk cultural property.）. After the fall, Shonai will be under the control of Echigo Uesugi. In 1591, Kanetsugu Naoe built Daihoji Castle as a political base. The Naoe army attacked the Yamagata Castle fiercely, and finally besieged the Hasedo Castle, the advance-guard station of the Yamagata Castle (the Battle of Dewa in the Keicho Era or the Battle of Hasedo). As a result of the Battle of Sekigahara, Yoshiaki Mogami, the lord of Yamagata, ruled Shonai in 1601. Daihoji Castle is maintained as a retired castle: In 1603, the name was changed to Tsurugaoka Castle. Entering the Edo period, Mr. Mogami was confiscated in 1622. Instead, Tadakatsu Sakai（140,000 koku of rice in Fudai Daimyo）entered the country as the lord of the Shonai clan. The castle town is maintained with Tsuruoka as the residence – To build on the basics. The Shonai clan has Akumi District and Tagawa District. This is administratively divided into Kawakita Misato and Kawanami Five Streets. 中川通, 櫛引通, 京田通, 山浜通 – The Shonai clan was ruled by the Sakai clan for about 250 years. From the Restoration down to the present. In 1869, Mr. Sakai repatriates the edition.etc. The great municipal mergers of the Heisei era; series of large-scale municipal mergers carried out between 1995 and 2010 under the temporary Special Mergers Law – Tsuruoka City, Fujishima Town, Haguro Town, Kushibiki Town, Asahi Village, Atsumi Town merged-New Tsuruoka City was established on October 1, 2005. With an area of 1,311.53 km2, it is the largest city in Tohoku. Formulated a comprehensive plan in January 2010. “藤沢周平（Tomeji KOSUGE）”, Born December 26, 1937. 旧東田川郡黄金村大字高坂 ; Oaza Takasaka, Tsuruoka City- 暗殺の年輪, 1973 ;文藝春秋, 又蔵の火, 1974 ; 文藝春秋, 闇の梯子, 1974 ; 文藝春秋, 檻車墨河を渡る, 1975 ; 文藝春秋, 改題: 雲奔る 小説 / 雲井龍雄 ; 中公文庫, 竹光始末, 1976 ; 新潮文庫, 時雨のあと, 1976 ; 新潮文庫, 義民が駆ける, 1976 ; 中央公論社, 講談社文庫, 冤罪, 1976 ; 新潮文庫, 暁のひかり, 1976 ; 文春文庫, 逆軍の旗, 1976 ; 文春文庫, 喜多川歌麿女絵草紙, 1977 ; 講談社文庫,闇の穴, 1977 ; 新潮文庫, 闇の歯車, 1977 ; 講談社, 長門守の陰謀, 1978 ; 講談社文庫, 春秋山伏記, 1978 ; 家の光協会, 角川文庫, 一茶, 1978 ; 文藝春秋, 神隠し, 1979 ; 新潮文庫, 雪明かり, 1979 ; 講談社文庫, 回天の門, 1979 ; 文藝春秋, 驟り雨, 1980 ; 新潮文庫, 橋ものがたり, 1980 ; 新潮文庫, 出合茶屋 神谷玄次郎捕物控, 1980 ; 双葉社, 改題: 霧の果て, 1985 ; 文春文庫, 闇の傀儡師, 1980 ; 文藝春秋, 夜の橋, 1981 ;文春文庫, 時雨みち, 1981 ; 新潮文庫, 霜の朝,1981 ;新潮文庫,密謀,1982 ; 新潮文庫, よろずや平四郎活人剣, 1983 ; 文藝春秋, 龍を見た男, 1983 ; 新潮文庫, 海鳴り, 1984 ; 文藝春秋, “白き瓶－小説/長塚節”, 1985 ; 文藝春秋, 花のあと, 1985 ; 文春文庫, 風の果て, 1985 ; 文春文庫, 決闘の辻: 藤沢版新剣客伝, 1985 ; 講談社,潮田伝五郎置文, 1985 ; 東京文芸社, 本所しぐれ町物語, 1987 ; 新潮文庫, 蟬しぐれ, 1988 ; 文藝春秋, たそがれ清兵衛, 1988 ; 新潮文庫, 市塵, 1988 ; 講談社（日本歴史文学館）, 麦屋町昼下がり, 1989 ; 文藝春秋, 三屋清左衛門残日録, 1989 ; 文藝春秋, 玄鳥, 1991 ; 文藝春秋, 天保悪党伝, 1992 ; 新潮文庫, 秘太刀馬の骨, 1992 ;文藝春秋, 夜消える,1994 ; 文春文庫, 日暮れ竹河岸, 1996 ; 文藝春秋, 漆の実のみのる国, 1997 ; 文藝春秋, 静かな木, 1998 ; 新潮社, 未刊行初期短篇, 2006; 文藝春秋- 鶴岡市青龍寺金峯, 高坂字大台, 滝沢字薬師嶽, “藤沢” 字荒沢: Designated date: April 23, 1941 -Management organization name: Tsuruoka City（6/23, 1942) : Historic site scenic spot natural monument – 高さ約460m, 東には羽黒山, 月山, 湯殿山の翠を列ぬるあり北には鳥海山の巍峩たる雄姿を挺んづるあり西には日本海の渺茫たるあり其の北部には飛嶋の浮べるあり頂點竝高處よりの視界に入るもの更に舊庄内の田野大半遠く連なるあり最上の長川之を串流して海に注げるあり我邦展望の壯觀として洵に稀有に屬す山上に此の如き地點多く上中下位に依つて各々其の景觀を殊にす山亦佳林を帶び其の中幽致に富める地尠からず. “鶴岡市青龍寺” – 銅造如意輪観音坐像: Prefectural designated cultural property October 25, 1955 – 金峯山博物館. 六所神社の獅子頭6面 : Prefectural designated tangible folk cultural property December 1, 1998. Paleolithic Etchu: It is probable that people lived there because stone tools were excavated at the Nakayama site (Asahi area, Tsuruoka city). It is speculated that the Jomon people lived because the remains of residences and many magatama were excavated at the Tamagawa Jomon Site (designated as a historic site cultural property in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture) from the middle to the late Jomon period. 593 Prince Hachiko no, the prince of the 32nd Emperor Sushun, opens Dewasanzan. From 931 to 938, Taira no Masakado built the Haguroyama Five-Story Pagoda. Kiyomasa Kato from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period, 1622 Sakai Tadakatsu (lord of the Shonai domain in Dewa Province) lives in Tsuruoka. June 10, 1689 Haiku Sei Matsuo Basho sings the phrase “Mezurashi and the first eggplant of feathers in the mountains”. The Shonai Clan School “Chidokan” was founded in 1805, and was issued by the new Meiji government in 1870 with Takamori Saigo and Sanehide Suge（松ヶ丘開墾: 南洲翁遺訓） from the end of the Edo period. According to the Shinbutsu bunri decree (Shinbutsu bunri decree) Renamed Haguroyama Jakkoji Temple to Dewa Shrine (currently Dewa Sanzan Shrine). From 1872 to 1874, Matsugaoka was reclaimed, and in 1877, the Shonai Shrine was built. April 1, 1889 Tsuruoka Town, Nishitagawa District was established, 1889 the birthplace of school lunch. In 1915, Taihokan was built to commemorate the throne of Emperor Taisho, and on September 21, 1918, Tsuruoka Station (temporary station) was opened in Fujishima Town. July 6, 1919 Tsuruoka Station was relocated to the current Suehiromachi, Tsuruoka City and opened, October 1, 1924 Tsuruoka City was established. 1930, Kamo Aquarium opened, 1944, Edogawa Ward, Tokyo（20 places in the prefecture）schoolchildren evacuated. In 1961, Tsuyoshi KASHIWADO was promoted to Yokozuna（47th）, and in 1973, Shuhei Fujisawa won the 69th Naoki Sunjugo Prize for “Annual Ring of Assassination”. June 1990, Birthplace of human face fish, 1992 Held the 47th National Athletic Meet（Competition venues such as sumo and archery）“Safflower National Athletic Meet” in Yamagata Prefecture. Started in May 1976, completed in October 2001 at Gassan Dam. On October 30, 2008, Oyama Kamiike and Shimoike were registered as the only Ramsar Wetlands in Yamagata Prefecture, and in April 2012, Kamo Aquarium was certified as Guinness with the largest number of jellyfish exhibits in the world. June 1, 2014, Kamo Aquarium (Krage Dream Hall) reopened. December 1, 2014 “UNESCO Food Culture Creation City Tsuruoka” Japan’s first certification. April 25, 2016 “A journey of rebirth where nature and faith are alive-Three mountains of Dewa starting from 2,446 stone steps surrounded by cedar trees over 300 years old-” Certified as a Japanese heritage site. April 28, 2017 “Silk related to Samurai to Tsuruoka, a town where you can meet the original scenery of modernization in Japan” Certified as a Japanese heritage site. May 20, 2019 “Different space spun by men’s dreams over rough seas-Kitamaebune port of call, shipowner’s village” Japan Heritage certification. 鶴岡市教育委員会（馬場町）2002 “鶴ヶ岡城跡確認調査報告書 二の丸御角櫓跡地点” 鶴岡市埋蔵文化財調査報告書19 : 地域ルネッサンス公園整備事業遺跡 : 城館, 古代 (細分不明) 時代, 須恵器, 赤焼土器, 城館, 中世 (細分不明) 時代, 土坑, 珠洲系陶器（壺擂鉢）, 越前甕, 青磁, 瀬戸（梅鉢, 皿）, かわらけ, 城館, 近世(細分不明) 時代, 土塁, 二の丸外堀, 唐津（皿, 擂鉢）, 肥前染付（椀, 瓶）, 大堀相馬, 瓦器, 瓦, 木製品, 石製品. The “Eco-farmer” is the “Act on Promotion of the Introduction of Sustainable Agricultural Production Methods”, which came into effect on October 25, 1999. He is a farmer who has been certified by the governor for the introduction plan of the agricultural production method that integrates soil preparation with compost and reduction of chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides. Technology certification required to become an eco-farmer Technology related to soil preparation (application of compost, cultivation of green manure crops, etc.) “Chemical fertilizer reduction technology” (use of organic fertilizer, local fertilizer application, etc.) “Chemical pesticide reduction technology” (Use of biological pesticides, mechanical weeding, etc.) It is necessary to introduce (or more) technologies that fall under the following three categories one by one. The fruits and vegetables. Again, the summer in Shonai has long daylight hours, giving the melon enough vitality. The melon field is located in a zone called “Shonai Sand Dunes”. Moisture is no longer needed near the harvest season, and draining at this time tends to condense the sweetness. The sandy area is very well drained, so it is easy to adjust the amount of water it gives, making it the best land for melons. There are many delicious local sake breweries around the dunes. This local sake can only be made with clean groundwater. Tsuruoka’s melon also uses good quality groundwater. Although it is a northern country, the summer heat is record-breaking, and the temperature difference between day and night is large and clear. It is said that the large temperature difference between day and night will improve the tension and sweetness of the net. I’ve heard that pollination is done by honeybee mating so that it is closer to the natural state than pollination. This is because, compared to manual mating and hormonal mating, there seems to be a tendency for the original characteristics of melon to stand out in the flesh and meat quality. The producer of the product to be introduced is the JA Tsuruoka Melon Specialization Department, which has about 200 members, and all the farmers are famous as Yamagata Prefecture certified eco-farmers (cultivated only with organic fertilizer) as safe and secure melons. , Widely known. Conducted a field rating to determine whether melons can be harvested. As the harvest season approaches, the village officers of the subcommittee go around the field and the condition and sugar content of the melon’s, Check. In fields where it is judged to be possible, the sugar content test is performed again before harvesting, and the standard value is set. Harvest only from the fields beyond. Random by inspectors at the fruit sorting plant Extraction sugar content test (destruction method) and appearance. We inspect the condition of the box and the box, and set the selection criteria with particular attention to the appearance as well as the taste. Tsuruoka Melon has declared an eco-pharma. It is a certification system given to those who strive to create soil by spraying compost on melon fields and who engage in agriculture that takes into consideration the environmental protection of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. “Tsuruhime Red Melon” is a red meat melon with bright orange flesh and rich sweetness. In 1998, it appeared as an original melon variety of JA Tsuruoka. Tsuruhime Melon, a green meat melon characterized by its refreshing sweetness, appeared in the previous year. The planted area in the pipe is approximately 44 hectares (440,000 square meters (1550): 0,44 square kilometers (1,55e + 9): 0,169,885 mil (4,014e + 9): 526,236 yards (1296): 4,736e + 6ft ( 144): 682e + 8 inches (144): 0,001,010,1 acre (43560) approximation; Division, below). (FY2017 results) It seems that the first shipping ceremony of the net melon, which is a specialty of Shonai sand dunes, was held on June 6, 2022 at JA Tsuruoka Saigo Fruit Sorting Center in Tsuruoka City. It has been growing for 3 to 4 days since 2021 due to good weather from early spring, and it is said that it tends to be a large ball and has sufficient sweetness. It seems that it will be delivered all over the country until early August.
Tsuruhime Red Melon is a red meat-based melon characterized by bright orange flesh. The smooth texture and refreshing sweetness are impressive. In Tsuruoka, which is called the Shonai region, the good drainage of sand dunes is environmentally very suitable for melon cultivation, so it seems that melons have been actively made since 1945 to 1955. Among them, Shonai melon is said to be synonymous with summer melon and is popular.
In the Yamagata Prefecture version of GAP (JA Tsuruoka version), JA’s original GAP (Agricultural Production Process Management) was started for all fruits and vegetables in 2011, and Yamagata Prefecture conforms to the GAP guidelines of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 2016. Moved to version GAP. By doing so, it seems that efforts are being made throughout the production area to improve food safety, environmental protection, occupational safety, etc., and to provide safe and secure fruits and vegetables. All producers of eco-farmers have been certified, and it seems that they are promoting on the homepage and displaying on pop cardboard labels for sale. Special cultivation has been underway since 2002, and in 2006 it was cultivated by 23 people, about 4.5 ha. Mainly on PB products of major mass retailers, production and sales are integrated and steadily producing results.
By applying compost, we are trying to improve the physical properties (water retention capacity, biological properties) of the sand dune soil. Greenhouse seems to be trying to reduce chemical fertilizers by using organic compound fertilizers and organic chemical fertilizers. In addition to the above, the tunnel seems to have introduced multi-internal fertilization technology (local fertilization) for the purpose of reducing the total amount of nitrogen. This can be expected to reduce the outflow of fertilizer and reduce the environmental burden every year. In addition, we have traditionally used greenhouses and tunnels for cover cultivation, and in consultation with prefectures and agricultural cooperatives, we have created our own pest control information (control calendar), and in addition, we are using IT to provide farming information that calls for timely control. It seems.