Branded beef from Maezawa area, Oshu”Maezawa Beef” is a brand beef from Iwate. It is one of the highest quality of beef in Japan. Iwate originally has a long history of breeding horses. Cows were strongly considered for utilitarian purposes used in farming, and the volume of production for food was not that large. However from around 1970, it became popular to breed cows for beef, and in the 1980’s it became famous nationwide after winning many awards. Of course in order to sell as Maezawa Beef it has to clear many regulations stipulated by the union. Once you clear all the regulations, then it will become ”Maezawa Beef”. |
Improving the quality with new feedWhen we enter the barn the cattle stood up to greet us. In one barn they grow about 850 cattle. In one month they ship 40-50 cattle to the market. One of the important things for raising cattle is the ”environment” said Mamoru Ogata. It is important for them to ”sleep in peace”. |
You do not need any sauce for good meatThe meat from well raised cattle in Ogata Ranch will be branded as ”Ogata Ranch Meat” and sold at the store owned by the ranch. In the kitchen we heard stories about the skill of butchery. Ogata is proud to say that the Japanese butchery skills are number one in the world. Originally in Japan beef was handled as ”sukiyaki” meat and the technique of slicing it thin became high compared to the rest of the world. At the same time, people started to prefer meat marbled with fat. It is true that we cannot resist that melting taste. |
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- Meat Cuisine Ogata, Maezawa Beef Ogata Station East Branch
- 1-22 Mukoda, Maezawa-ku, Oshu, Iwate Prefecture