Product Summary (Registration No.38)

Registration No.38 飯沼栗

Registered name (Transcription) : 飯沼栗（Iinuma Kuri）
Reference information : Iinuma Chestnut

Category of product

Class 3: Fruit (Chestnut)

Production Area

Ibaraki Town in Higashi-Ibaraki County, Ibaraki Prefecture

Registered Group

Shimo-Iinuma Chestnut Production and Marketing Association

Characteristics

The size of Iinuma Kuri is substantial due to the area’s cultivation technique to produce one large chestnut per bur. In addition, Iinuma Kuri is shipped when the sugar content in chestnuts increased in the unique cold storage system. The producers also carefully select Iinuma Kuri based on color and shape. It is evaluated as the highest quality chestnut.

Link with the Production Area

Ibaraki Town is located in the plateau of loamy layer of the Kanto Plain. It thus has a good water retention and drainage suitable for chestnut cultivation. The area also has a stable climate with few damages caused by typhoons and snow. In addition, the original pollination technique is strictly kept in the area. The production area has also developed original techniques of washing, storing and selecting chestnuts..