In Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, junior high school students who are learning about wakame seaweed farming, a local specialty, experienced the wakame seaweed seeding work that takes place every year.

Twenty-four first-year students from Suesaki Junior High School in Ofunato City experienced the sowing of wakame seaweed.



On the 28th, we gathered at the local Kadonohama fishing port, boarded a boat, and headed for the fishing grounds in Kadanohama Bay, about 1 km away.



At this junior high school, we have been doing "seaweed learning" for about 20 years to learn about the local efforts that quickly developed seaweed farming as an industry, and we also experience working.



Wakame seeds are sown by wrapping a thin string with seeds attached to it around a thick rope for aquaculture and submerging it in the sea to grow it.



At times, they seemed confused by the work on the rocking boat, but they had practiced in advance, so they were able to proceed skillfully while receiving instructions from the aquaculture association.



In January of next year, the students will experience early harvesting of the wakame seaweed seeds sown this time, as well as thinning out the seeds.



One student who participated said, "The wakame seaweed was slimy, but we were able to sow the seeds successfully. I want to make crispy and delicious wakame seaweed."