Friday, September 5, 2025
- 1 Golden news for the 2025 fiscal year! Harvesting of sake rice "Suisei" and first shipment of "sake rice" and "sticky rice"
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Golden news for the 2025 fiscal year! Harvesting of sake rice "Suisei" and first shipment of "sake rice" and "sticky rice"
Under a clear blue sky, the harvest of sake rice "Suisei" begins.
On Thursday, August 28th, the harvest of the 2025 sake rice variety "Suisei" began in the Furusaku district of Hokuryu Town!
The clear blue sky makes it seem as if the rain from the previous day was a lie. Under the clear blue sky, four combine harvesters are in full operation, harvesting the golden rice one after another with great force.
Sake rice in Hokuryu Town is cultivated by six households and one corporation, covering an area of approximately 20 hectares. Today, two farmers, Yasunori Watanabe and Mamoru Hoshiba, harvested their sake rice variety "Suisei." The sake rice harvest was completed in a single day, combining the morning and afternoon harvests.
Harvesting sake rice "Suisei"
Harvested rice being loaded onto a transport truck
Shining golden rice
A story from producer Yasunori Watanabe
"The harvest in August was earlier than ever before. Normally it's between September 10th and 15th, but last year it was September 1st, and it's getting earlier every year," says Watanabe.
"If it hadn't rained, it would have been even earlier. Once this sake rice is finished, we will move on to the non-glutinous rice varieties 'Yumepirika' and 'Nanatsuboshi'. The entire rice harvest will take about two weeks. There has been a lot of rain this year, and the rice has sometimes been blown over by the wind, but overall it is about average. We are expecting a good harvest," he said with a smile.
Watanabe and his son
Together with the producers!
With gratitude for the power of the golden rice ears!
The joy of harvest is here! First shipment of new rice from the 2025 harvest
On Monday, September 1st, four days after the successful harvest, a ceremony was held at the agricultural product collection and shipping facility of the JA Kitasorachi Hokuryu Branch to announce the first shipment of the new rice harvested in 2025, the sake rice "Suisei" and the glutinous rice "Hakucho Mochi."
The rice is transported in containers and the quality is strictly checked by a machine that assesses the rice, and a grade is determined. This is the moment when the new rice, filled with the love of the producers, is finally set off on its journey across the country.
Rice plants grow strong while facing the wind and rain of Mother Nature! Filled with the love and vitality of the growers, this new rice from Hokuryu boasts the finest flavor, and we put our boundless love, gratitude, and prayers into it!
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