Product Summary (Registration No.152)

Registration No.152 長州黒かしわ

Registered name (Transcription) : 長州黒かしわ（CHOSYU KUROKASHIWA）
Reference information : CHOSYU KUROKASHIWA

Category of product

Class 2 : Fresh Meat  (Chicken,Offal)

Production Area

Nagato City and Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Registered Group

Fukawa Youkei Agricultural Cooperative

Characteristics

The first original "jidori" (homebred chicken) in Yamaguchi Prefecture is soft and has a moderate texture, and is rich in the umami ingredient inosinic acid and the fatigue recovery ingredient imidazole dipeptide. The meat has not only penetrated as a tourist attraction in Nagato City, "the town of yakitori", but it is also widely appreciated for its good taste by distributors, restaurants, and hotels in and outside the prefecture as an original homebred chicken from Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Link with the Production Area

In the suburbs of Nagato City, fishing has flourished since ancient times. Because fish lee and other expensive feed have been available at reasonable prices, the poultry industry has thrived. Chicken meat is anchored not only for food at restaurants but also for home cooking and is rooted in the food culture of the region. To connect local industries and food to regional development, the government of Yamaguchi Prefecture developed CHOSYU KUROKASHIWA by using "Kurokashiwa", which is a natural monument of the region and has good taste, after an attempt that continued for 13 years. The use of locally sourced feed, cooperation between producers and the government on feeding management, and efforts to increase consumption in and outside the prefecture have resulted in the establishment of the chicken as a Yamaguchi Prefecture brand.