Making serious cash in Japan! My friend is taking the first haul to market!

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@j_reed_main8629 4 ай бұрын

I think the cost of fruit is probably the biggest grocery "sticker shock" I'm aware of. This is the first video that I've seen that doesn't focus on high-end expensive "gift" fruit. Lot of interesting stuff here. Separating and packaging everything seems like a massive amount of work.

@larrikinjapan 4 ай бұрын

This a really interesting video on the process the farmers have to go through. I looking forward to trying some.

@RarebitFiends 4 ай бұрын

This is a fascinating video, thank you both!

@justinharper6677 4 ай бұрын

6:15 I could have ate the whole box on a hot day 😄🙏 for anyone worried about the price believe me its worth it! This like Shincha tea over there is a first harvest treat that you relish immensely until it quickly runs out and you are left waiting another year 😆 Over the years I enjoy mine after the initial vine cutting a few minutes later after water washing right there on the farm when possible if you know the owner well. Ah what a treat wish I was there this summer...in 2002 I lived off grapes and melon one summer 😄 Maybe you can or have made fresh pizza from tomato sauce you procured from local fields? In that terrific oven you have for good effect🙏

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

I grow my own tomatoes for sauce

@justinharper6677 4 ай бұрын

I hope you had a good crop this year. My tomato rows were dismal unfortunately with 3 weeks of extreme heat with almost zero precipitation.

@qtdcanada 4 ай бұрын

Japanese farmers, with help from researchers, have 'perfected' the growing and processing of very high-quality fruits, mainly through laborious efforts. To see the care taken by farmers, for example physically turning a fruit toward or away from the sun (whatever appropriate for that fruit), and covering them with heat shielding pouches like with grapes in this case, is unfathomable for Western farmers/growers. I am not even talking about maintaining the appearance and sorting the fruits into different grades, as shown here. Fruits prices in Japan are (very) expensive, but the quality is such that they are worth every yen. To top it off, every prefecture is always striving to come up with 'better' quality & variety every year!

@isunamitch 4 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! I'd love to grow fruits and vegetables in Japan with my friend!!!

@kneel1 4 ай бұрын

@@isunamitch me too! Looks amazing

@usr6253 4 ай бұрын

I am impressed by the attention to detail and got me wanting to try them 🙂

@cocolenchojapan 4 ай бұрын

Interesting. I would like to learn more about JA

@mposner 4 ай бұрын

Super interesting video. Thanks for the insight.

@Mr.Randy210 4 ай бұрын

Grandpa did watermelons 🍉. What ever the store didn't buy he would sell out of the truck right out front and he would sell out before lunchtime! 😂

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

Watermelon brings good money here ours got eaten by monkeys. Just the trelliss ones survived as they were close to the house and probably the cats scared them off.

@Mr.Randy210 4 ай бұрын

@@RealRuralJapan I love cats that earn their keep

@murrayobrien9192 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting video. As someone who has worked on a farm in Nagano ken, I never really had the chance to see the goings on at the Co-op.

@WeirdOneOz 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I always loved the great quality fruit in Japan now I know why it costs that much more.

@ChickensAndGardening 4 ай бұрын

Those grapes are gorgeous.

@Crackalacking_Z 4 ай бұрын

マチコさんの英語の発音はかなり完璧ですよ！

@aces7515 4 ай бұрын

Very labor intensive.

@MsMothball 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thanks for sharing

@edwardfletcher7790 4 ай бұрын

That's some magnificent looking grapes to harvest 👍

@nylaway7170 4 ай бұрын

Unbelievable… I’m in Australia and also want to move to rural Japan to start a farm too! The price of food is going to skyrocket worldwide, especially in Japan which imports nearly all of its agricultural produce (though the culture’s the main draw for me). Will definitely be keeping in touch with this channel. Would also appreciate any tips. :) P.S. If you don’t mind sharing, what made you choose this life? For obvious reasons, I’m interested in your story. Oh yeah… I also love cats!!! ‘Kay Bye! Hope to hear from you! :)

@nylaway7170 4 ай бұрын

Oh thanks! I think your original heart disappeared because I edited my comment >_

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

Early next year i plan to expand my rural Japan cafe to include rescuing stray cats in my area to turn it into a unique Cat Cafe. Any help is very much appreciated. www.buymeacoffee.com/realruraljapan

@inquisitvem6723 4 ай бұрын

Wow! Love this idea. My sister is a cat owner. In fact 4 cats!

@Mike-ry4ti 4 ай бұрын

Where abouts are you? The next time im up ill drop in!

@inquisitvem6723 4 ай бұрын

I think this idea will really do well with tourists. I know Koreans would love this.

@UnimportantAcc 4 ай бұрын

I was surprised by how expensive the fruit was when i was out there

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

Worth every penny.

@tatsumasa6332 4 ай бұрын

The JA sets the store price, then they will pay you from it (minus the JA cut)

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

@tatsumasa6332 The market sets the price that is a very simplistic way to look at things.

@tatsumasa6332 4 ай бұрын

@@RealRuralJapan Not in this country for the produces. Either you sign with JA or find your own outlet to set your own price.

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

@tatsumasa6332 The customer decides what they are willing to pay not the shops. This is called the market. You are being too simplistic. Farmers talk about trends, customers and volume. JA sets nothing as Japan is not a communist country. They will discount and raise prices according to the MARKET. This is basic economics 101.

@kneel1 4 ай бұрын

ahh those are famous grapes innit? i see those in pictures on the Kyoho Grape flavored frozen juice bars in 7-11s in japan

@BenjiSun 4 ай бұрын

Those grapes look delicious! are they pione or fujiminori or some other variety?

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

Kyoho

@ausmartin1 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic produce, very labour intensive. Please 🙏 explain to foreigners what is a JA supermarket.

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

Google works everywhere. I have done videos inside them as well if they want to watch them.

@johnobrien6869 4 ай бұрын

Fascinating insight into another world. Another way of living. I'm just wondering how fluent are you in the local language?

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

I get by and my Japanese is fairly broken but i understand quite well.

@jgrady9553 4 ай бұрын

Machiko has grown incredible grapes- I envy the people who get to enjoy them!

@DovidM 4 ай бұрын

21:50 Shine muscat does not have the taste or aroma of other muscats. One of the grandparents of Shine is “Muscat of Alexandria” which has the characteristics of a traditional muscat grape. Shine is a variety well adapted to growing conditions in Japan and South Korea but not a good introduction to muscat grapes.

@squirle 4 ай бұрын

Give me all the blemished and odd ones. A nameless fruit store on the way home sells them for far cheaper then the supermarket. Especially when its 30 min before closing time and its been a rainy day. Stock up for the whole week.

@ironhell813 4 ай бұрын

There’s alway some place cheaper. The key is to fit the type to the market.

@WANDERER0070 4 ай бұрын

Looks totemo oishii 😊

@nylaway7170 4 ай бұрын

Okay! Sold! Will definitely support your Patreon when circumstances permit!

@Martinit0 4 ай бұрын

So JA is basically a commercial wholesaler market? Farmers get paid in cash at delivery? Quite a lot of paper still involved in this line of business. There must be some back-office people summarizing and analyzing all these reports and booking sheets. Anyway, I haven't seen such nice and huge grapes ever, let alone in a supermarket. By optical standards (can't assess the taste) this is several levels above what we get here in Europe. Compared to this careful grading and layout our stuff seems to be almost thrown together and often you will have a few bad grapes in every bunch. OTOH bad looking grapes can taste great too and good looking ones can disappoint easily.

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

If Europeans wanted good quality grapes and pay the real price to produce them they would be on the shelves. The food culture here demands good quality fruit so it gets grown.

@tsi4service 4 ай бұрын

Please thank Machiko for allowing this video and also for her speaking as much as she did in Japanese 😊

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

No worries will do

@ausmartin1 4 ай бұрын

It seems only old Japanese country people are keeping quality & real food alive. Unless younger generations in Japan don't take it up they will only have mass grown, mass processed poor food & poor health. Always enjoyed the quality & variety of country mountain foods in Japan. = Excellent.

@g8trdude225 4 ай бұрын

😎👍

@sonicase 4 ай бұрын

how much does one bunch sell for?

@RealRuralJapan 4 ай бұрын

Depends on the quality, variety, shape and many other factors. This Kyoho grape doesn't get the biggest money that is a video for next week when we do the Shine Muscat but it does alright.