Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, one of the leading producers of chestnuts in Japan, has decided to build a new factory in the city that processes pastes and other products in order to increase the brand power of chestnuts, aiming to start operations by the end of next year.
Kasama City is one of the leading production areas in Ibaraki Prefecture, which has the highest yield of chestnuts in 47 prefectures, but the problem was that it was not well known as a production area.
Under these circumstances, the city, JA Hitachi, and the JR East Mito branch office are working on the so-called "sixth industrialization" in which production, processing, and sales are carried out locally to increase the added value of locally produced chestnuts and expand sales channels. It was decided to build a new chestnut processing factory in the city in order to increase the income of farmers and farmers.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the planned construction site prior to the start of construction by a company funded by the three parties with subsidies from the government.
The company wants to start full-scale operation of the factory from the fall of next year, process chestnuts into paste and kanro-ni, and sell them not only locally but also in the Tokyo metropolitan area by making them into products at local confectionery stores. ..
Mr. Yutaka Akiyama, CEO of JA Hitachi, said, "We will sell delicious processed chestnut products, so I hope consumers will look forward to it. I also hope that the income of chestnut farmers will increase, which has been a long-standing issue." Was there.