Approximately 1,100 dried persimmons were hung on the platform of the JR station in an attempt to promote the dried persimmons that are a specialty of Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture.
This initiative is carried out by the city and persimmon producers every year at this time of year in order to make the dried persimmons, which are a specialty of Kaminoyama City, widely known.
On the 8th, persimmon producers gathered at the platform of JR Kaminoyama Onsen Station and hung about 1,100 dried persimmons called "red dried persimmons", which have a strong sweetness.
A yellow dried persimmon was hung on a string about 2 meters long, which was pleasing to the eyes of station users.
Since the pistils froze due to the frost in April, the yield of dried persimmons for dried persimmons was reduced to about half of the average year, and the number of dried persimmons hung was also reduced to about half of the average year. I did.
A woman in her 60s from Shizuoka Prefecture said, "I think it's nice to have a sense of the season. I definitely want to eat it."
Mr. Yoshiaki Suda, who produces persimmons in Kaminoyama city, said, "I was happy that I was able to decorate the dried persimmons as usual. I want tourists and locals to feel the autumn of Kaminoyama. I was talking.
"Dried persimmon" will be displayed on the first platform of JR Kaminoyama Onsen Station until the 27th of next month.