On the 7th, "Matsuichi" was held at the wholesale market in Kanazawa, where pine trees for New Year's decorations were auctioned off.
"Matsuichi" is held every year at the Kanazawa City Public Flower Arrangement Wholesale Market at this time of year when the demand for pine trees used for New Year's Kadomatsu and flower arrangement is increasing.
The auction started at 7:00 am on the 7th, and when the person in charge of the wholesale company raised the pine trees that arrived from the prefecture and Ibaraki prefecture with a dashing shout, the person in charge of the flower shop gathered from the three Hokuriku prefectures bid one after another. I was dropping it.
According to the wholesale company, the number of arrivals of this year is about 110,000, which is about 3,000 less than last year due to the decrease in producers, but the quality and price are about the same as normal without damage such as typhoons. That is.
President Isao Hatashita, a wholesale company, said, "I want you to have a gorgeous New Year's decoration by decorating your home with a New Year's decoration that arranges plants such as pine and southern sky."
Most of the pine trees that have been auctioned off are scheduled to be on sale at florist shops in the three prefectures of Hokuriku from around the 20th of this month.