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Together with Nugizaka46, let's learn about national products!
What we eat is made in our own country as much as possible.
We call it "national products".
The current food supply rate in Japan is 37% calorie-based.
It depends on imports about 60%.
If there are fewer rice fields and fields in Japan,
and if imports from overseas are restricted due to disasters,
we may not be able to eat what we eat.
In this program, we will look at how the national products we eat are made and where they are made.
Members of Nogizaka46, who support the J.A. Group's national products and domestic activities, will report on the site.
We are also posting quizzes about national products and domestic activities on our special page.
This year, 2021, is International Fruit and Vegetable Year set by the United Nations.
It will be a good opportunity to think about nutritional and health benefits of fruits and vegetables.
This mission is about learning about the production site of domestic fruits and how to enjoy fresh fruits.
The mission received from Umezawa, the fruit farmer of Nogizaka 46, is...
Hello! I'm Tsutsui Ayume and...
I'm Hakae Saeka of Nogizaka 46.
We're surrounded by greenery like this today, but where are we?
We're in Nagano Prefecture!
I love it.
You love it?
Yeah.
Why?
Ever since I was little, my family and I used to come to Nagano every summer holiday.
It's like my second home.
Yeah, it's my favorite place.
I've been camping with my family since I was little and I've been camping in Nagano Prefecture before.
Oh, you have.
I'm happy we can do it in Nagano Prefecture.
Speaking of Nagano...
One, two...
Apples!
Yeah, apples!
We're going to learn a lot about apples today!
We're going to use this GoPro to film.
Like this.
Oh, nice!
Do you like it?
It's green.
Do you like it?
Yeah.
It suits you.
Really?
Yeah, it's nice in Nagano.
Do you like apples?
I love apples!
Me too!
My grandfather in Nagano sends me apples every year.
Oh, that's nice!
I love apples and I've been looking forward to eating them today.
Okay, let's go!
Let's go!
Go!
In the middle of Nagano Prefecture, surrounded by mountains, there are apple orchards everywhere.
I'm looking forward to it.
Hello.
Thank you for coming all the way here.
Thank you for having me.
I'm Mitsui, a fruit farmer. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Mitsui Tooru is the third generation of Mitsui Orchard, which produces various fruits such as apples, peaches and plums.
He is also active as a farmer.
In Nagano Prefecture, I grow several kinds of fruits, starting with plums, peaches, and apples and grapes in this season.
I have an apple orchard behind me, so let's go.
Great!
Shall we go?
Let's go!
The two have arrived at an apple orchard.
Mitsui, an apple orchard owner, will teach Mitsui how to make apples.
There are various types of fuji trees in this field.
Are apple trees like this?
That's right. At home, we grow them like normal trees, but there is also a way of growing them like persimmon roots.
At home, we can only grow them like this, so we grow them like this.
Great! It's red.
Would you like to try it?
Can I?
Yes, please choose one.
Which one is delicious?
The one with a reddish color is delicious, so please try it.
Let's find the red one.
This red one?
Yes, please take it.
How do you take it?
Hold the shaft and twist it.
Hold it.
Thank you.
Here I go.
Oh, it came off. Great!
Wow, it's red!
Let me cut it for you.
People usually cut it vertically like this, but today I'll do it like this.
Then you can eat it up to the core.
Thank you.
It looks delicious!
I haven't put honey in it yet, but it has a strong flavor.
Great!
Thank you for it.
Here you go.
Wow!
Is it good?
Yes, it's very juicy and sweet.
Great!
Yes, it's delicious.
Can I eat it now?
Yes, please.
Here I go.
Wow!
How is it?
Is it good?
It's very crispy!
Crispy!
I'm glad you like it.
It's sweet!
It's sweet, isn't it?
Yes, it's delicious.
Fuji is one of the most produced varieties in Japan.
It's a variety that meets the taste buds of Japanese people.
It has a good balance of sourness and sweetness.
It's a variety that is popular with everyone, from young people to the elderly.
That's right.
You see it a lot, don't you?
The one you just ate is one of my best varieties.
It's called "island Fuji," which is a variety of Fuji with an island protruding vertically.
There is only one type of Fuji itself.
There are about 100 types of Fuji, and we hope that everyone will be able to find their favorite type of Fuji, even if it's the same type of Fuji.
Is there a suitable place for apple cultivation?
In general, there are fruits, but there are also areas that are called "clean areas," like the mountains over there that have spread out into a meadow.
The soil here is the same, but there is a river where I went earlier.
In the past, it was a place where the river flowed and there was good drainage.
In addition, my hometown of Nakanoshi has very little annual rainwater in Japan.
The less rain, the better.
It's hard to get sick and it's hard to get watery, so it's easy for the sweetness you just ate to come out.
These are the six types of apples I grow in my farm.
In addition, the two will be able to taste various apples grown in Mitsui's farm.
If you eat it, the taste will be completely different, so I hope you will try it.
First of all, the blue apple, Granny Smith.
In Japan, cooking apples used in apple pies and other dishes.
What does it taste like?
Yes, but it's sour.
Correct!
There's not much sweetness.
That's right.
It's sour, but it's delicious.
It's refreshing.
It's refreshing and has a lemon-like taste.
Yes, it does.
It's good for breakfast.
I want to eat it in the morning.
It's refreshing.
It's delicious.
The second one is Akibae.
It's good!
Is it good?
Yes, it's sweet at once.
Yes, it is.
It's sweet, but it's a little different from the previous sourness.
It's delicious.
I think it's a good balance of flavors.
For people who like apples,
there are varieties that were born in Nakano City,
but our customers also start with Akibae.
They start the season with the balance of sourness and sweetness.
The next one is Cinnano Gold.
It's very heavy.
Yes, it is.
When you eat this gold, your mouth is filled with juice.
When I talk with chefs, they say it's like champagne.
You haven't had a drink yet,
but you can feel the carbonation.
When you eat it and breathe it in your mouth,
you can smell the unique smell of gold.
Yes, I can.
Are you kidding me?
The next one is Gunma Meigetsu.
It's the same yellow color, but it's completely different from gold.
It smells like pear.
Yes, it does.
The last one is Cinnano Sweet.
It's sweet.
It's not sour at all.
It's sweet.
And it's light in weight.
Sweet ones are light.
It's crispy and you can eat a lot.
It's good.
It's sweet and good.
If you eat it, you'll like it.
I want you to find what you like.
We'll produce for you.
Which one did you like the most?
Let's say it together.
Wait a minute.
What do you want me to do?
OK.
Let's say it together.
No way!
We'll use this tree to help you.
OK.
What's wrong?
I was wondering which one is yellow and red.
Actually, we make different kinds of apple trees.
There is a certain trend in our trial.
At first, we grew Fuji.
Then we produced gold.
Then we produced Fuji again.
So you can see red and yellow.
It's like mathematics.
It's complicated.
It's amazing.
You can add and subtract things.
Basically, we produce fruits that are resistant to diseases.
We produce fruits with different textures.
The first task is harvesting and turning the fruit.
What do they do?
We color the fruit with nickel.
If there is a leaf around it, the color becomes lighter like this.
So we remove only the leaf around the fruit.
Then we turn the fruit.
In this state, this side touches the nickel.
So we turn the fruit and make it more resistant.
Of course we make the leaf resistant, but we also make the fruit resistant.
So we don't make the leaf resistant, but we make the fruit resistant.
And lastly, we mature the fruit.
It's an important task.
Let's start with the branches.
I'll remove the leaf.
Like this?
No, not at all.
What about here?
The leaf doesn't touch the fruit.
I see.
Then you should pick up the rest of the leaf.
Yes, yes.
If you pick up the upper leaf a little, fire will come in.
Like that.
And aim the bullet at where the sun hits.
Hold the branch and pick up the fruit.
It's scary, isn't it?
Yes, yes, stop!
I did it!
Did you do it?
OK!
Yeah!
You did it.
Next up is Tsutsui's turn.
Good, good.
Please pick up more and more.
OK.
How many people do this kind of work usually?
We do it with my dad, my mom and me.
And my wife is in the third grade now.
Oh, is that so?
Oh, she's in the first grade.
So you do it with your family.
Yes, four of us.
How nice!
Good, good!
Yes!
OK!
I did it!
Next, I'd like you to do something else.
What do you think this is?
A sheet?
Yes.
As you saw earlier, we make fruits shine with light.
To make it more effective, we put this sheet on the ground and make it more durable.
When you drop it on the ground, we'll reflect the light and open it up for you.
It's like a refrain.
Yes, it is.
I'd like you to try it.
I'll do my best.
Hold it like this and pull it like this.
OK.
Kitsui-san, this way.
And like this.
Can you go in a little more this way?
A little more this way.
Like this.
Yes, like that.
Like this.
Yes.
Now, spread it out.
OK.
Put the string in the corner of the hole.
OK.
Is it hard?
Yes, I did it!
Did you do it?
Now, Kakehachi-san, hold it like this and put it in.
OK.
I'll do it.
Now, pull it like this and make sure it doesn't wrinkle.
Yes, like that.
And Kakehachi-san, pull it like that.
OK.
Since this sheet is white, we won't put heat on it.
OK.
We'll only reflect UV rays.
I see.
I did it!
Did you do it?
Yes.
OK, it's done!
OK, let's move on to the next sheet.
OK.
OK, next.
Since it's harder for light to get in here, we'll use a different sheet.
It's like an aluminum foil sheet, but we'll spread it out and use it as a shade for the tree.
Like this.
If you look up, you can see the fire clearly.
It'll be brighter than before, so we'll make a new hole in the corner.
Here we go.
Five times!
Done!
Can I open it? It's new.
Go ahead.
Okay.
I want you to hold it in the same way.
Thank you.
Here we go.
Okay.
Okay!
There we go.
This sheet also warms up this area, so it's easier to get cold from outside.
So we'll warm it up at the end and let the fruit mature.
Wow!
Isn't this all about crouching?
Don't you get tired?
For me, it's okay, but for my parents, it's hard for them to crouch when they get older.
So we're thinking of ways of growing fruit to prevent that from happening.
We're trying to create work that everyone can do, so that everyone who works and eats can have fun.
That's nice.
Now we're going to harvest some apples.
Let's do it!
When you harvest apples, make sure the apples are yellow in color and the apples are open.
Some of them are closed, but leave them open and harvest the yellow ones.
Got it.
Let's do it!
How you do it is...
There is a "ryuzu" on the top of the fruit.
Hold it with your index finger and twist it.
Then you can get it like this.
I've seen it.
Yes.
Then you can put it in the basket like this.
Got it.
What should I do?
You can take all of them.
All of them?
Yes.
Oh, I got it!
I got it!
Here you are.
Thank you.
Hold it like this and put your index finger like this.
Like this?
Yes.
Oh, I did it!
Look, it looks like you.
Oh, it's cute.
Wow!
I'm happy.
I'm going to harvest it.
Wow, it's huge!
How big is it?
Well...
It's as big as a flower.
No, it's bigger.
It's big.
As big as Saku-chan's face.
That's right.
Can you get it?
I can get this one, but...
How do you get a higher one than this one?
That's right.
I'm glad you noticed.
We use a secret weapon here.
A secret weapon?
Yes.
What is it?
I'll show you now.
I'm looking forward to it.
What is it?
I'll use this machine to get a higher one.
Wow!
This is a machine to get a higher one.
So, even if you have weak legs like my parents, you can climb high without using a ladder.
Nogizaka46 and Saku-chan will try to get a higher one.
First, they'll use a cane.
Step on it and go up.
I'll do it.
Please get on this one first.
Thank you.
You can lock it.
Turn it until it starts.
You can let go of it.
Step on the pedal and you can go up.
Can I?
I did it!
Stop!
Turn off the engine.
Step on it.
It's fun!
Can I?
Yes, you can.
You can do it like you did earlier.
I did it!
You can get higher and higher.
I did it!
Next, they'll try to climb on a ladder.
Wow!
It's fun!
Turn off the engine.
Take all those rings.
Here I go.
That's nice.
Wow!
The scenery...
It's nice, isn't it?
Wow! I got it.
I'll take it.
Thank you for your help today!
Thank you!
How did you like it?
I had a lot of fun doing it, but...
I realized how hard it is to do it on rainy and hot days.
I realized that farmers put a lot of time and effort into growing delicious apples.
Thank you for everything!
How about you, Sui-san?
I had a lot of fun, too.
I eat apples a lot, too.
I was surprised that they calculated the amount of sunlight and other things into one apple.
I felt grateful.
Thank you!
You did a lot of work today. What is the most difficult work?
The most difficult work is to cut branches when it snows.
You have to think about how you are going to grow in the next year.
That is the most difficult and difficult work.
What is the biggest challenge in making delicious fruits?
Recently, coexistence with nature has become a challenge.
It suddenly rains so much that there are big disasters every year.
The most difficult thing is how to make delicious things in that situation.
The age group of people who eat has changed.
In the past, people ate a lot of fruits, but now young people tend to stay away from fruits.
Like you two ate today, we try to make sweet foods.
We will tell you about the charm of domestic fruits, but I feel that there are still parts that have not been defined yet.
If you leave out fruits, even though such delicious apples are made in Japan, they will not be made in Japan, right?
That's right. After all, if you buy it and eat it, it will lead to the next one, but after all, if the consumption is reduced, it may be converted to other things.
After all, what you eat is what you eat in that country, domestically and internationally, and we farmers want you to make it firmly and eat it.
That's right.
We are now thinking about and acting on suggestions for young people, such as processing it into sweets so that they can eat it.
That's right.
Certainly, young people like not only this material itself, but also sweets and bamboo shoots, so we would like you to eat these delicious apples and other fruits as well.
There are parts that we don't know at all, so we hope you will do your best together.
Yes, please.
Next time, we experienced harvesting apples.
Next time, we will help with apple export and experience making sweets using domestic apples.
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