Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture is at its peak harvesting kuwai, which is used in New Year's dishes as a lucky charm for the New Year.

Koshigaya City, which has a wetland along the Ayase River in Saitama Prefecture, has soil suitable for cultivating Kuwai, and has been actively produced since the Edo period.



In the rice fields of Yoshio Ide in Koshigaya City, the harvest that began at the end of last month is at its peak.



The hoe is a bloated part that appears at the tip of a stem that has gone underground. Harvesting workers used water pressure from a pump to lift the hoe from the ground, and then bent down to harvest by size.



According to the local agricultural cooperative, the kuwai harvested in Koshigaya City has been evaluated for its soft texture, and this year, although the conditions such as the rain in the summer were not good, they are of good quality. is.



Mr. Ide said, "The color is beautiful and the shape has grown big. Please eat as many as you can."



Kuwai is harvested in Koshigaya City until the end of the year, and those larger than 3 centimeters are shipped to Tokyo, and those smaller than that are shipped to the Kansai region, where smaller ones are preferred.