06/03/2021
🌾Our local rice brand, Mineasahi (ミネアサヒ) earned Special A (特A) grade, the highest ranking based on Japan Grain Inspection Association’s annual rice tasting test in six categories: physical appearance, taste, fragrance, chewiness, hardness, and overall quality.
The first time ever for a rice brand in Aichi Prefecture to earn the highest ranking, equivalent to Yumepirika from Hokkaido and Koshihikari from Uonuma, Niigata.
The rice grain of Mineasahi is shorter, fatter, and harder than other Japanese rice types. When cooked, it has glossy appearance and great tastes and chewiness similar to Koshihikari.
Mineasahi represents only 6% of total rice production in Aichi Prefecture. Due to scarcity in the market, it is called “magical rice (幻の米).” The rice is produced in a very small scale by hands of small rice farmers on small paddy areas at inland valleys in the mountainous regions of Aichi Prefecture. Our commercial interests are secondary. We only sell excess to local rice distributors after setting aside for our family first. This has been our family’s tradition as a local kengyo (part-time) farmer.
It is such an honor to receive the highest ranking in terms of rice quality. We’re extremely happy when our Airbnb customers compliment our rice which we put so much care, take pride, and work hard in making.
This is the first post since COVID-19 pandemic and this is the most positive news to the local community of rice farmers like ourselves 🙂
http://www.kokken.or.jp/data/ranking_sanchi02.pdf
Note: Due to COVID-19 pandemic, we stopped accepting Airbnb guests from the start of 2020 until overseas travel is deemed safe by the general public.
