Under blue skies, the season for harvesting fresh lettuce arrives in Itoman City
On March 25 in Maehira, Itoman City, farmer Naoyo Tamaki harvests lettuce under blue skies (photograph by Moriaki Kise)
March 26, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 25, due to being covered by a high-pressure system, sunny weather spread to regions throughout Okinawa. This heralds in the season for harvesting lettuce in Itoman City.
In Maehira, Itoman City, harvesting work is very busy in 45-year-old Naoyo Tamaki’s field, harvesting a lettuce crop that was started in mid-November last year. Under blue skies, lettuce plants are carefully harvested one-by-one. Although there was a lot of rain and harsh weather, Tamaki says the quality of the lettuce is adequate.
Due to the influence to the coronavirus crisis, demand for lettuce from hotels and the like has fallen, creating difficult circumstances. Tamaki, while looking at the fresh lettuce, said with a smile, “Although good to eat in a salad, a simple stir fry of tuna and soy sauce with lettuce is tasty and draws out the umami of the lettuce”. Harvesting will continue until mid-May.
(English translation by T&CT and Erin Jones)
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