Japan: First strawberries shipped to the US for 2017
Fresh Garden Watanabe in Kanuma City, packed and shipped the delivery on Tuesday. The farm began exports to the US state of California in January 2016.
The farmers say they try to touch the fruit as little as possible by harvesting them with the stems on and use cushioning materials in the boxes to protect them from damage.
The farm exported about 720 kilograms of strawberries to the United States last year. Other farms in Tochigi mostly export their strawberries to Southeast Asia.
The operator of the farm, Yuki Watanabe, says this year's harvest is another good one. He says he hopes more people overseas will taste strawberries from Tochigi.
source: nhk.or.jp