Bandai Tomato

A New Specialized Product of Bandai Area

Abstract

“Bandai tomato” is cultured on the southern slope of Mt. Bandai and on the small fans along the Kawageta fault line. After the experimentary period of the culture of 3 years, it was established in 1961. It is a kind of “controlled culture”, and the products are shipped to Tokyo during the season from the later part of July to the early part of October, which is later than the shipping season in low land. The area of tomato-fields and the total yield are 14.5 hectares and 800 tons respectively. As the rice culture for self-sufficiency is main support of the farming in this area and there is no valuable cash crop other than tomato, the tomato culture is becoming more important in spite of its small scale management (only 6.1 ares per farm household).