Excellent agricultural, forestry and fishery products produced in Niigata

　A natural rich climate and the ingenuity and passion of its people have made Niigata nationally renowned for its farm and marine products, and as Japan’s foremost food producer, Niigata is proud of its reputation.  Among the many products certi.ed as being of high quality, we recommend these as some of the very best farm and marine products that Niigata has to o.er.

"Echigo-hime Strawberries"　　　"Le Lectier Pears"　　　"Edamame (Chamame)    Soybeans"

　　　　"Sweet Nanban Ebi"　　　　　　　　"Slippery sole"

"Koshihikari"

　With a rich  avor and soft texture, Niigata’s　Koshihikari is a moderately sticky variety of　rice that has become known as perhaps the　best rice in Japan.

"Shinnosuke"

　Shinnosuke is a newer variety of rice, with a di erent  avor than Koshihikari, a larger hardier rice grain than other varieties of rice, and a deeper sweet stickiness.

"Echigo-hime Strawberries"

　As they are grown slowly in the the harsh winter's chill, they develop a richer sweet-ness and juiciness.

"Le Lectier Pears"

　The seedlings were .rst brought from the Orleans area of France in the early 20th cen-tury. Le Lectier has been called "the Queen of Pears" as it has a rich aroma, sweet .avor and soft texture.

"Edamame (Chamame) Soybeans"

　Niigata has the largest cultivation area for Eda-mame soybeans in Japan.  In particular, the "Ku-rosaki Chamame" variety is recommend for its delicious umami-rich .avor (originating in the Kurosaki area, the name of this variety is pro-tected under intellectual property rights).

"Niigata Wagyu beef"

　Beef cattle are fattened by skilled farmers in a climate with plenty of clean water and fresh air.  A densely marbled beef with a rich taste.

"Locally-raised Niigata Chicken"

　Our chickens are raised in the Niigata countryside, surrounded by lush vegeta-tion and fresh air, resulting in a .rm, .ne-grained meat.

"Sweet Nanban Ebi"

　These Deepwater shrimp are generally known as Sweet shrimp. They have a succu-lent texture and a rich hint of sweetness.

"Winter Yellowtails from Sado Island"

　Yellowtail .sh with excellent fatty meat are caught in winter. The natural yellowtail .sh from Sado Island have a rich .avor and leave a pleasant aftertaste.

"Slippery sole"

　It is said that they are the .nest and the most .avorful of the .at.sh.

◆Contact

 Agriculture Affairs Division, Niigata Prefectural Government
  Address: Shinko-cho 4-1, Chuo-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata, 950-8570
  Phone：+81‐25-280-5288   Fax：+81-25-280-9452