Shipment of flowers that decorate the venue of the horse racing "Kikuka Award" Fukushima Nihonmatsu October 15 4:03

Chrysanthemum flowers cultivated in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture were shipped to Kyoto Racecourse on the 14th to decorate the venue for the Kikuka Award, a classic horse racing race to be held on the 25th of this month.

Nihonmatsu City, where ornamental chrysanthemums are cultivated, has been cultivating chrysanthemums to decorate the venue of the Kikuka Award held at Kyoto Racecourse for three years. Has been shipped.



Of these, "Senrinzaki" has 500 yellow buds on a hemispherical stem that spreads to a width of about 2 meters, and it took about a year and a half to cultivate.



In addition, "Hyakutarin", in which 100 chrysanthemums bloom in one pot, and "Zarugiku", in which countless small red chrysanthemums bloom, are cultivated by lovers in the city. It has been shipped.



The shipped chrysanthemums will be exhibited in the paddock to see the condition of the horses running from 17th this month.



Mari Ouchi, Deputy Director of the Nihonmatsu Kikueikai Secretariat, said, "I hope that more people will see the chrysanthemums that the citizens of Nihonmatsu City have made with great care, which will lead to PR in Fukushima Prefecture." Was there.