After overcoming last year’s drought, farmers in Kitami, Hokkaido, are producing a bumper crop of large, sugar-rich onions. Harvesting is expected to continue through early October, with shipments to destinations across Japan.
This year, after last year’s drought, favorable weather has brought a bumper crop of sweet, well-sized onions to fields in the Kitami region of Hokkaido. Producers say they hope consumers across Japan will eat plenty of them.
Harvesting is well underway in fields in Tannocho, Kitami, and is scheduled to continue through early October.