Harvest of "Phantom Fruit" Popau Shimane Misatocho Oct. 3 14:29
It is native to North America and is rarely cultivated at present, and since it is not widely distributed, popo is also harvested in Misato Town, Shimane Prefecture, which is also called “Phantom Fruit”.
Popau is a North American fruit that is said to have passed over to Japan during the Meiji era. It has an oval shape of about 10 centimeters and is characterized by a sweet aroma and a meltable texture.
Nowadays it is rarely cultivated, and even if it is harvested, it lasts only a few days.
In Misato-cho, it is a remnant that was cultivated in many households in the early Showa era, and today more than 100 popo trees are growing naturally and have been sold as a special product for about six years.
Popoe is in season, and on the 2nd, the women from the local coordinating team, who is in charge of harvesting, carefully picked up the fruit that fell naturally from the trees.
The town wants to harvest about 300 km by next week, and the harvested popau is mainly processed into gelato and sold in the town's direct market or roadside station.
Misaki Suganuma, a regional revitalization team, said, “Poppo is a mysterious fruit with different tastes, such as bananas and pears, depending on the person who ate it. I wanted to do it. "