Product Summary (Registration No.29)

Registration No.29 くろさき茶豆

Re gistered name (Transcription) : くろさき茶豆（Kurosaki Chamame)
Reference information : Kurosaki Brown Soybean

Category of product

Class 2: Vegetables (Edamame(Green Soybean))

Production Area

Kurosaki area, Koshin Matoba area, and Kamegai-Toraaki area in Nishi-Ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture

Registered Group

Niigata City Kurosaki Area Chamame Cooperative Association

Characteristics

Kurosaki Chamame is characterized by its distinctive color, fragrance and pleasant texture.The color of the pods is verdant, but the thin skin of the beans is brown. The name “Chamame”, meaning brown edamame in Japanese, came from this characteristic. Fragrance is also unique as it is often compared to the fragrance of roasted green tea. It has excellent balance of umami flavor and sweetness.

Link with the Production Area

The variety of Kurosaki Chamame was selected over times in Kurosaki area from green soybeans brought in the late Meiji Period. The cultivation. control of this variety is difficult, but producers’ adequate production management helped overcome the cultivation difficulties.