Sendai’s specialty, curved green onionsSendai, as you know, is the prefectural capital of Miyagi Prefecture. It is a large city. So it may sound peculiar that it is also the center of vegetable farming. The shipping value of vegetables of Sendai is 3 billion yen. That is the 2nd highest in Miyagi, after Watari-gun (reference to Miyagi Prefecture website). |
Curved green onions are ”made to bend”Everyone knows what a green onion looks like. It is white near the root, and green leaves spread towards the top. The delicious part of green onion is the white part. The white part is, in fact the part under the soil. So if you let the onions grow deep under the soil, you get more of the delicious part of the onion. |
To convey local food”This onion used to be the focal point of local interaction” Sato commented. The local people helped each other, cultivated, harvested, re-planted and peeled together. The onions brought the local people together in this way. Sato considers the onions not just as an agricultural product, but as a local culture. After we were shown around the greenhouses and other facilities, we sat down at a table for a chat. We were then served with ”imoni” soup. The soup was so steaming hot, that the lens of our camera fogged up. It was such a treat in the cold weather, making everyone smile. |
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- Curved green onion farmer Toshiro Sato
- Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi