Tancho City

With a thick head I managed to arrive at Tanaka Maruju's just before midday for a 'morning' appointment with Shigeyoshi to takes some pictures around the farm for an article going in NVN magazine in Holland.


We took some pics around the farm and the Shigeyoshi took me to some of their mud ponds located way off in the mountains, somewhere I'd never previously been and somewhere which has only just become accessible. Unfortunately the weather was overcast today but on a clear day the mud pond vista is backed by a view of the Echigo Mountains. I'll be returning sometime when the sky is blue!

The small waterfall running in the background will soon be diverted to fill these mudponds which currently lie empty.

Shigeyoshi bowling one of their Goshiki oyagoi, a simply beautiful example of this variety!

Some Goshiki tosai, as every tosai appear ravenous and go crazy as soon as you go near their ponds!


In the pic above you'll notice many Tancho Goshiki, Tanaka Maruju have been working hard to produce in numbers. Oyagoi below.

And they also have 1 or 2 - thousand - Tancho Kohaku to be grown over the summer!

Tanaka Maruju is one of the breeders we'll be working closely with over the coming months on NTV.