Product Summary (Registration No.116)

Registration No.116 豊橋なんぶとうがん

Registered name (Transcription) : 豊橋なんぶとうがん（Toyohashi Nambu Tougan）
Reference information : Toyohashi Nambu Tougan

Category of product

Class 1 : Products of Agricultural Origin (Wax gourd) 

Production Area

Aichi Prefecture Toyohashi City

Registered Group

Toyohashi Agricultural Cooperative

Characteristics

Toyohashi Nambu Togan is a wax gourd notable for its vivid, even-colored glossy skin. It is stored by producers after harvesting, and is available for a long period of the year.
Aichi Prefecture is the second largest wax gourd producing prefecture in the country. Toyohashi produces roughly 60% of the prefecture's gourds. Toyohashi Nambu Togan is highly rated for low occurrence of damage to the skin, which reduces waste when the gourds are sold sliced. Prices are therefore about 10-30% higher than those from other locales.

Link with the Production Area

Production takes advantage of the warm local climate and good availability of water from Toyokawa Irrigation Canal.
Producers meet several times a year to share selection standards, methods, sizes, etc. for each step of crop growth to ensure required standards of cultivation techniques are met by all producers, and strict quality requirements are met by all gourds shipped.