Guide to Noto’s Satoyama and Satoumi (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) by Photos and Movies
Name
Oshimizu Fig
Address
Hôdatsushimizu Town
Category
Agriculture、Forestry and Fisheries
Class
Agricultural products and seafood
Age
20th century～21th century
Comment
This is the town with the greatest production of figs in Ishikawa. Around 45 families grows figs in eight-hectare fields in towns at the foot of Mt. Hôdatsu such as Konya-machi, Kitakawajiri, Menda, Ueda and Kawahara. The figs are harvested from early August through mid-November. In 2014, 90 tons of figs were shipped. Because they are harvested after fully ripening, their sweet taste is unparalleled. Production started in 1972, when a few families learned the cultivation method from farmers in Nara, a major fig production site, in response to the government’s request to decrease the number of rice fields. Production of black figs, a species that is hard to grow, has started recently. They are eaten raw and used for making jelly and sweets.
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