Traditional Harvesting Rice Experience -Arigato Project presented by Kokuryu Sake Brewing Corporation and its supporters-

As a part of the activities of “Arigato Project”, (Arigato means thank you) the baby rice was planted in May of 2016 and it had become 1 meter tall four months after that.

The scenery of the rice field with the beautiful tall golden rice plants shows us that
it is the end of Japan’s hot summer and the beginning of the Japan’s autumn.

On August 28th, 2016, staff of Kokuryu brewery, authorized dealers of Kokuryu,
“Yushi-no-kai” and participants of “Arigato Project 2016” harvested the rice plants.

On that day, a large-scale typhoon was coming to Japan so the weather was unstable and it was mizzling at the beginning.  Kokuryu staff and authorized dealers were running around to take care of the weather situation to be able to harvest the rice plants.

With their efforts and also it stopped raining, so they were able to harvest the rice plants.
Although the weather was not perfect for farming, it was perfect for the participants to harvest the rice plants in the cool and nice weather.

Stay tuned for more updates!

T.F