In order to expand the sales channel of sweetfish in Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, an initiative to load and transport sweetfish on a highway bus bound for Tokyo began on the 30th.
On the 30th, work was carried out at the parking lot of a bus company in Takayama City from 7:00 am, and 50 fresh sweetfish caught in the river in Hida City were tightened with ice and then loaded into the trunk of a highway bus. I did.
After that, the bus picked up passengers at the terminal in Takayama City and departed for Tokyo Shinjuku at 8:00 am.
Ayu will be sold at supermarkets in Tokyo on the evening of the 30th.
This bus company has been carrying local vegetables on a highway bus to Tokyo for four years, but this is the first time that sweetfish have been transported, and we plan to transport them twice a week until August.
Yuyuki Imai, general manager of the planning department of Nohi Bus, which operates highway buses, said, "I hope that it will lead to securing income while the number of passengers is decreasing due to the corona disaster."
In addition, Kosuke Funasaka, president of a company in Hida City that planned the transportation of sweetfish, said, "I want consumers in Tokyo to enjoy sweetfish that are delicious and beautiful."