This year is just a few days away, and thanks to all of you, <> Sun Moon Star Grass <> <> has successfully reached the year! This time, we have renewed it as Amami Kakeromajima Herb Brown Rice Cairo "Aino Meguri <>" , and we will officially release it and start online sales from today. Various medicinal herbs are hand-picked, dried and chopped, including the moon peach that grows naturally on Kakeromajima, which is rich in nature. I am working on the island herb brown rice Cairo. While being wrapped in the scent of indigo at the indigo dyeing workshop, I hand-dye long fabrics, wash the fabrics after dyeing,...
It's been a year since we started growing Amami Ryukyu indigo, and it's grown so far! The field was cultivated in 2021, starting with mowing, digging up the soil, making ridges, putting up mulch, staking and shading nets, etc. The field was completed with the help of many people. Thanks to the kindness and help of the people of Okinawa, we took cuttings in December, took more cuttings from the indigo that had grown in June 2022, and took more cuttings from the indigo that had grown in June 2022, and then, one year later, in December 2022, we were frightened by a typhoon. Further cuttings will be taken...
There are only a few days left this year! Since December, Amami has been dull with few sunny days, but last night the beautiful moon came out and today the sun is shining for the first time in a while. From November to December, I worked on various jobs at Nigetsu Hoshikusa. One of them is ... At the request of Toguchi Elementary School in Tatsugo Town, Amami Oshima, I would like to include "Island Herb Ball Making" in my school trip program. I was surprised to hear from you. Herb balls have long been used in treatment as one of the traditional medicines, mainly in Asian countries such...
Shell ginger is an Amami traditional island herb that supported the life of the island . Shell ginger is an herb of the genus Alpinia of the family Zingiberaceae that grows naturally in the tropics and subtropics. In Amami, the shell ginger is called "Sannen", and the shell ginger has been popular for a long time, and it is used as a leaf to wrap the traditional rice cake (Yomogi mochi) called "Fuchimutei" that is made every year. Also famous for that. It is used for various purposes such as tea, insect repellent, insect repellent, shell ginger dyeing, shell ginger paper, shell ginger ice cream, shell ginger cosmetics, shell...