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お米通信販売の【北信州こやなぎファーム】平成24年皇室献上。創業100年の実績。北信州の気候に合わせた特別な栽培方法で丹精こめて作っています。

美味しいお米の通販

The Future of
Koyanagi Farm
Our Approach to
Sustainable Agriculture

SDGs are being taken up these days
Koyanagi Farm’s Approach to the SDGs
Our responsibility to continue to grow rice on the land
we have been given

The Future of Koyanagi Farm
The Future of Koyanagi Farm

With global warming and climate change, we are now faced with the fact that the weather is changing in unexpected ways. The Chikuma River, which flows through Nagano Prefecture, also causes significant damage when it rains heavily. The area around Komaki Bridge features a flood control basin created to dissipate the river’s force. Four instances of flooding within ten years…. Although rice is a water-tolerant crop, as it is known as paddy rice, the quality of the rice can be reduced depending on the time of the year. The disaster risk will be reduced by shifting the variety to be planted there for early maturing.

Our in-house recycling initiative for rice barn

The rice bran is always generated when polishing rice. In our farm, we return all of it to our own rice paddy as fertilizer. Rice bran is an effective organic fertilizer for soil improvement. Since there are soil properties that are more receptive to organic fertilizers and those that are not, we carefully select the rice paddies for fertilization.

Growing Rice and Making Sake
Cultivation of sake rice (rice suitable for sake brewing)

In spring, as the snow melts, preparations for rice planting begin. Seeds are sown, seedlings are nurtured, rice is planted, and the grass is cut. In the fall, the rice fields are covered with ears of rice and the harvest is ready. The rice harvested that year is then delivered to the sake brewery, where sake is brewed during the cold winter months.

The Future of Koyanagi Farm

Use of Soy Sauce Lees
and Sake Lees


A new approach to recycling-oriented agriculture using unused organic fertilizers that have not been used in the community. Pressed Soy sauce lees and sake lees are used as fertilizer for rice paddies. They nourish the rice fields that would deplete during the fall. The rice grown there is processed into Japanese sake,mirin, and rice malt, not to not to mention rice, to be served on our tables. This is a cooperative effort by the local community to explore the possibilities of rice cultivation in the future.

Reasons to Choose Us

All rice is produced as specially
cultivated rice.

Reasons to Choose Us

We cultivate our crops in a natural environment that changes daily with minimal use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. We use high quality domestically produced fertilizers for each rice field and vary the amount, timing, and type of fertilizers. We are constantly researching to achieve a good balance of sweetness and texture that varies by variety.

Shipping to a wide range of diverse fields.

Reasons to Choose Us

After harvest, all rice is inspected for agricultural products and stored in a temperature-controlled warehouse by lot number. Our staff tastes the rice as needed to ensure consistent quality. The rice is used at local Onsen Ryokan, sushi restaurants, Japanese restaurants and used for risotto in restaurants. We have also been used for sake breweries, Japanese confectionery stores, nursery schools, etc. Our rice has been loved for many years by specialty rice stores in various regions, and in recent years, various specialty stores overseas have begun handling our rice.

Listen to various voices of our customers.

Reasons to Choose Us

We listen to the voices of those who sell rice, those who make sake and sweets, those who cook and those who eat rice. We use these voices in our rice cultivation and product creation. We place importance on expanding the bonds of friendship and the appeal of rice through rice cultivation.

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Koshihikari

Koshihikari

A staple of Japanese rice. It is characterized by its firm and sticky texture. It is a versatile rice that makes Japanese food even more delicious.

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Kazesayaka

Kazesayaka

This rice is a perfect match for sushi rice. It absorbs moisture well, so it is useful not only for sushi rice but also for risotto, paella, and other dishes.

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Sliced rice cake

Sliced rice cake

100% glutinous rice grown by Koyanagi Farm. This rice cake is popular for its rice flavor and crispiness.

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Retort packet rice

Retort packet rice

You can easily eat Japanese rice in a microwave oven. Two types of rice are available: Uruchi rice and glutinous rice. We also offer a set product with tsubu- an (sweet bean paste) that makes a great souvenir.

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Awards
2012

Interviewed for Imperial Dedication (Hoku-shin Local, December 21, 2012 issue) 

2012

Received “Nakano City Agricultural Management Technology Encouragement Award“

Awards
2014

Received Special Excellence Award in “the Young Managers Category at the 16th International Rice and Taste Analysis Competition”

2015

Koshihikari received the Gold Prize at “the 12th Japan’s Best Rice Contest in Shizuoka”

2015

Kazesayaka received a prize at “the 12th Japan’s Best Rice Contest in Shizuoka”

2016

Won the Special Excellence Award in “the International Comprehensive Category at the 18th International Rice and Taste Analysis Competition”

Awards
2018

Kazesayaka won a category award in “the Osaka Icchan Umai Rice Contest”

2019

Received Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at “the 78th Chunichi Agricultural Awards”

Awards

Company

Company Profile

Company Name
Koyanagi Farm
Representative
Yasuhiro Arai
Address
1408 Yanagisawa, Nakano-shi,
Nagano, Japan
Phone number
tel 0269-26-0081 / fax 0269-38-0238
E-mail address
nagano@koyanaginouen.com
Business
Rice production and sales
Capital
4 million yen
Location of direct
sales office
1541-4 Kusama, Nakano-shi, Nagano

Company History

2002
Started farming and established Koyanagi Farm. Began efforts to reduce pesticide use
2005
Received certification as an Eco Farmer
2006
Obtained certification as an environmentally friendly agricultural product (specially cultivated rice) in Shinshu
2007
Began group rice cultivation efforts Discovered 2000-year-old paddy 2007 field ruins, multiple bronze daggers and bells at the Yanagisawa Ruins in Nakano City (first discovery in eastern Japan)
2008
Nagano Prefecture Designation of Origin Management System certification (Koshihikari)
2012
Awarded the Nakano City Agricultural Technology Incentive Award for the Imperial Ceremony of the Taste of New Year
2015
Certified under Nagano Prefecture Designation of Origin Management System (first ever certified Kazesayaka)
2016
Dedication of Meiji Shrine (every year since 2016)
2017
Nakano City Sake Rice Project started
2020
Changed the comapny name from Koyanagi Shoji Ltd. to Koyanagi Noen Ltd.
2021
Started recycling-oriented agriculture with local companies.

公開日:   最終更新日:2023/04/14

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