Mr. Akishinomiya Visiting Gunma Farmers Oct. 2: 17:34
Mr. Akishinomiya visited Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture on the 2nd, and visited farmers who were commended by the agricultural organization serving as the governor.
Mr. Akishinomiya, who is the president of the “Nippon Agricultural Association”, a nationwide agricultural group, visited Tomioka City on the 2nd, and visited the farms that the group commended for their outstanding agricultural management.
Among them, Mr. Akishinomiya who visited a farmer who made mulberry leaves to make tea and rice cakes was guided to the processing plant and asked the farmer what kind of symptoms mulberry tea was effective for. I was eagerly asked questions.
Fumiaki Otake, a farmer, said, “I explained that mulberry tea has the effect of lowering blood sugar and blood pressure. I would like to work hard again with encouragement from the visit.”
After that, Mr. Akishino visited the Tomioka Silk Mill in the city and was informed by the person in charge about the situation at the time when the Silk Mill was created and the mechanism of the spinning machine.