Product Summary (Registration No.74)

Registration No.74 菊池水田ごぼう

Registered name (Transcription) : 菊池水田ごぼう（Kikuchi Suiden Gobo）
Reference information : Kikuchi Suiden Burdock

Category of product

Class 1 : Products of Agricultural Origin (Burdock)

Production Area

Kikuchi City, Koshi City, Ozu Town and Kikuyo Town in Kikuchi County, Kumamoto Prefecture

Registered Group

Kikuchi-Area Agricultural Cooperative

Characteristics

Kikuchi Suiden Gobo is a burdock having a white skin and less bent. It also has soft texture and slight harshness.
Kikuchi Suiden Gobo is available almost throughout the year and the quality and quantity are stable so that Kikuchi Suiden Gobo is highly evaluated by the market.

Link with the Production Area

The production area has well drained soil and various water sources that is important for washing burdocks and for removing the harshness.Since the production area is a region where livestock farming is flourishing, compost from livestock dung is available to cultivate burdock. Also, Kikuchi Suiden Gobo is produced in wet paddy which is suitable for reducing nematode damage.