Official
Part 1 of Abundance
~Senbikiya Sohonten Nihonbashi Main Store~
Remotely navigate the beloved Chuo-ku, rosemary sea.
Japan's first fruit specialty store, Senbikiya Sohonten, a long-established luxury fruit shop founded in 1834 (Tempo 5).
It was the first time in five years that I visited Nihonbashi Main Store and wrote an article. I've posted it seven times in the past.
This time, I introduced the seasonal fruits of this season.
Mr. Yoshida, Deputy General Manager, Sales Department of Senbikiya Sohonten Co., Ltd., also took care of me this time.
At the same time, Mr. Aoyama, assistant manager of the head office sales department, guided us.
Then I would like to introduce some items.
"" is Mr. Aoyama's comment. The interview date is March 30, so please understand it as a comment one week ago.
All prices are tax-included prices.
Ripe mango
2L size 1 paulownia box
Production area: Miyazaki
Sugar content: Within 15 degrees
22,464 yen
(There are other prices.)
It is a greenhouse mango that grows in Miyazaki's warm climate and the longest sunshine hours in Japan, and is ripe on 100% trees.
There are some soft fruits because they are ripe, but they do not affect the taste.
Please take this product with a little chill.
You will be able to enjoy the rich flavor of tropical countries.
● How to cut mango well
There is a large and flat species in the center.
Avoid the seeds and cut them into 3 pieces.
Example of cutting method 1
① Cut off both ends a little.
② Peel from top to bottom with a peeler or knife.
③ Cut to left and right around the seed.
④ Please take this product with slices.
Example of cutting method 2
① Cut to left and right around the seed.
② Put a cut into your eyes with a knife.
③ Push it up with your finger from the skin.
④ Please take this product with a spoon.
"It's a little early in the season. Probably from "Mother's Day" is about the actual production, from mid-May, around Golden Week, around that time, and Miyazaki's things come in until the end of summer. Right.
Speaking of mango, Miyazaki is right?
"Miyazaki,"
ー Will this price continue for the time being?
"I think it's going to go down a little more next week. It's a bit expensive because it's too early. But when the season comes, the price goes down a little more."
Nagasaki Biwa
L-size 12 paulownia boxes
Production area: Nagasaki
Sugar content: Within 13 degrees
12,960 yen
(There are other prices.)
In the late Edo period, Mr. Shio Miura of Motegi-cho, Nagasaki, bought seeds of "Tang loquat" brought by a Chinese merchant ship because the master of the service was an interpreter. Was.
It is said that loquat cultivation has spread from its production.
Nagasaki Biwa, which makes you feel the coming of spring, has soft and juicy pulp, and elegant sweetness spreads in your mouth.
"This is still a 'run'. I wonder if it will be the best in May and June. When it feels sultry, it has a refreshing taste. "
Cherry Sato Nishiki
2L size paulownia box
Production area: Yamagata
Sugar content: Within 15 degrees
28,080 yen
(There are other prices.)
It is a representative variety of Japanese cherries that shines like a red ruby.
Eisuke Sato of Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture (Higashineshi: has a friendship city tie-up with Chuo-ku) crossed and raised "Napoleon" and "Yotama" in 1912.
It was named "Sato Nishiki" in 1928.
It is rich in juice, has a moderate acidity in sweetness, and its taste and quality are very excellent.
It's a big production area in Yamagata.
"It's a big production area, isn't it? It's still fast overall."
It's beautiful with all the grains.
"It's a house, yet. At this time, the temperature is still low, so it will be in the house."
ーIt's unstable in stock, but there are times when items don't come in very much.
"Yes, I don't come in."
What's the taste?
"Is there a little sourness?"
Well, it's enough to eat.
"That's enough."
Delicate navel
Production area: Ehime
Sugar content: Within 13 degrees
2,160 yen per piece
Navel orange from Nakajima, Ehime Prefecture, which has been fully ripe on the tree.
Being on the tree for a long time increases the flavor along with sugar content and ripeness.
For this reason, low pesticide cultivation and optimal moisture adjustment are performed in the house.
Please enjoy the juicy, elegant scent and ripe taste that have been raised with spirit.
"It's a Navel caught in the Nakajima area of Ehime Prefecture. "Derish Navel" is not the name of the variety, and the ripe Navel caught in the Nakajima area is called "Derish Navel". So ordinary navels, imported and other domestic items can be caught, but the acidity is milder than other navels, so it is very easy to eat."
Kodama Watermelon
Production area: Gunma
Sugar content: Within 11 degrees
6,480 yen per piece
Kodama watermelon is not a small one of the large watermelons.
It is a very delicious small watermelon that was born from breeding.
It has plenty of sweetness and juice, and the skin is thin, so it is good to eat.
It is very popular because it fits in the refrigerator and is easy to eat even for small people.
"It's not a small version of Otama watermelon, but the outside skin is thin and the feeling of Otama watermelon is left, but the juice is abundant and juicy watermelon is left. It's easy to eat."
Do you have a lot of good things? What do you eat?
"Yes, there are a lot of good things, and many people eat on their own."
The production area is Gunma, isn't it?
"It's Gunma, Yabutsuka (Yabuzuka: a part of Ota City)."
If you have a sugar content of 11 degrees with a watermelon, it's quite sweet.
"Yes,"
ー Watermelon has a lot of water, so this is enough for sweetness.
"It's enough. It has sweetness, and the flavor of the watermelon that remains behind is just like "remaining". "
It's wonderful, isn't it?
"The watermelon itself can be caught all year round, now."
Is it a house?
"It's a house. About Kodama watermelon, from this time to the end of summer, until about autumn, there are various things depending on the production area ... "
Are you still running?
"Yes,"
What's the price going down from now on?
"It's the price. As a Senbikiya, we will handle this Yabutsuka Kodama Watermelon, and continue Kodama Watermelon Watermelon, changing the varieties, and changing the Chiba and production areas throughout the summer. "
ーーIn the past, when I heard about melons, I was told that I would judge the timing of eating with the "vine" part called the "antenna". Where do you decide when to eat this Kodama watermelon?
"On the contrary, it's better to eat as soon as it's purchased. As the days pass, the water drains out, and the crisp and texture gets worse. As for Kodama watermelon, this blue axis, darkens over the day. "
That's right before that happens.
"You often hit the watermelon with a pompom for a long time, and as the days pass, the sound becomes duller. When it's fresh, it's a high sound. As soon as possible about watermelon."
It's about to eat when you're served here.
"Yes,"
-Speaking of watermelon, it was said that Takamori Saigo had a walk and came here to buy watermelon. There is a "edge" and it seems like the scent of the Meiji era.
Strawberry amarin
12 paulownia boxes
Production area: Saitama
Sugar content: Within 15 degrees
12,960 yen
"Son" is an original variety developed in Saitama Prefecture.
The combination is "Yayoihime" and "Fukuharuka", and was registered in 2019 as the variety name "Saien I No. 3".
The fruit is dyed slightly larger and bright red, and the pulp is dyed pale red.
It is a strawberry with strong sweetness, mild acidity and good taste.
Well, it's the famous "Son" from Saitama. Rosmari has also bought Amarin, but since it was a gift, I did not put it in my mouth. I've heard that the sweetness is amazing, but the price is amazing.
"It's amazing. A long time ago, "Amaou" came out, and there are no new varieties other than Skyberry ... "
It's that big strawberry, sir.
"Yes. In my image, it's not the return of Amaou, but it's a boom."
ーWhat is the biggest "selling" of "soon"?
"I have the image of strawberry equal sourness, but as the name suggests, it is sweet while retaining the original sourness of strawberries."
-To date, strawberries are Tochigi, Tochiotome, Tochiaika, and Skyberry are also Tochigi ...
"From Saitama, such a delicious strawberry is like that.
-Which in Saitama?
"In Saitama Prefecture, Honjo City, Koshigaya City, Yoshikawa City ..."
It's on the east side of Saitama Prefecture. Speaking of Koshigaya, Senbikiya Sohonten came out from Senbiki, Saitama-gun, Musashi-kuni, in 1834, 191 years ago, from Senbiki, today's Koshigaya-shi. This also feels something "en". ・・ ・When I often say "strawberry picking", I think of Chichibu in Saitama.
"Yes, it's made in different places. However, the taste is different depending on the producer."
ーIs there a difference in saying that the variety is "so much"? I've heard before that Senbikiya has carefully selected purchases at the market, but it's not just about the name "Son", but among them, you buy delicious Amarin ...
"Yes,"
-Senbikiya's Amarin, I'm surprised at 1,000 yen per grain, but I would like to eat it by all means.
Mishokan (Mishokan)
Production area: Ehime
Sugar content: Within 11 degrees
972 yen per piece
"Kawachi Bankan", also known as "Japanese grapefruit", was discovered in Kawachi-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture.
It is a late citrus with yellow smooth skin, soft fruit juice-rich pulp, and refreshing flavor.
It is distributed under various names such as "Miokan", "juicy orange", and "Natsubuntan".
Please take this product by peeling it like sweet summer oranges.
I didn't know the fruit of this name, have you been there for a long time?
"Yes, I've been there for a long time."
It is also called "Japanese grapefruit". "Kawachi late citrus" ...
"Depending on the production area, there are various names, such as" Kawachi late citrus "and" Juicy Orange "."
ーI think the sugar content of 11 degrees is quite sweet, but as grapefruit.
"Yes,"
ーDo you have anything other than sweetness?
"As is said to be 'juicy orange', the juice is much higher than normal grapefruit."
ーWhat if you say this, it's relatively cheap among the fruits of Senbikiya.
"No,"
It's not cheap because this is in season. Is this always the price?
"Yes. It's about this price every year."
I usually don't like grapefruit, but if you hear such sweetness and juicyness, it's grapefruit that you can enjoy in rosemary.
"Yes. After all, compared to ordinary grapefruit, it has less bitterness and more juice, so it is easier to eat than ordinary grapefruit. "
Decopon
Production area: Oita
Sugar content: Within 13 degrees
2,160 yen per piece
It was born in 1972 by the crossing of "Ponkan" and "Kiyomi" at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Fruit Tree Experiment Station in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Breeding is "Shiranui", but it is "Dekopon" because it is Kiyomi Ponkan with deco.
The skin is easy to peel and you can eat the whole bag.
There are few seeds.
Please enjoy the harmony of the wonderful sweetness and sourness.
Isn't there a lot of foreigners in recent years?
"It's a lot."
ーIsn't there a lot of foreigners who don't care about the amount of money?
"Yes,"
It seems that the depreciation of the yen has also been affected.
"There are many Asian people. Do you say that such people, such as China, Korea, Arabs, etc., don't you look at them? The people of the United States and Europe feel a little severe."
People in Europe and the United States look at the price and let's stop this.
"Yes, I think that's probably because the culture of eating fruits is different. In China, I usually eat a lot of fruits, so do you say that you can eat them or know the value ... "
Do you know the difference?
"Yes,"
Is it for a gift? Do you want to eat it yourself?
"There are many people who eat on their own. Conversely, Western and the United States feel like buying cakes and eating them on the spot, in an image. Our shop has a table seat on the table, so there is a space, so you can eat it there."
Thank you very much, Mr. Aoyama.
It's a notice.
On the 11th (Fri), as the second part, we will introduce the "Blessing of Harvest Premium Jerry" of Senbikiya Sohonten.
Please look forward to it.
Senbikiya Sohonten Nihonbashi Main Store
2-1-2 Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower 1F
Main Store (Fruit and Flower Sales Department)
０３－３２４１－０８７７
Business hours 10:00 to 19:00
Holiday except New Year's Day
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