Nakijin Watermelon announces a “banner year” with a strong harvest of their sweet fruit

Nakijin Watermelon announces a “banner year” with a strong harvest of their sweet fruit

Nakijin Watermelon workers loading watermelons into produce boxes – April 29, in Nakaoshi, Nakijin


April 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Nakijin – Nakijin, known for being home to many of Okinawa’s watermelon producers, is entering their peak harvesting season for watermelon. This year was blessed with excellent weather conditions, and it appears that has resulted in a superior yield of large watermelons with an average sugar content of 11%. Toru Yamashiro, vice president of “Nakijin Watermelon,” located in the Nakaoshi neighborhood of Nakijin, announced happily that, “This is a banner year for watermelons.”

On April 29, many trucks from Nakijin Watermelon could be seen packed with produce boxes filled with freshly picked watermelon. Over 1,000 fruits were harvested on that day alone.

In May of the previous year, COVID-19 cases were quickly on the rise, causing distribution to stagnate and resulting in a large surplus of inventory. This year, with markets back to relatively normal operation, the same surplus issues are not reoccurring.

Nakijin Watermelon president Susumu Yonamine said, “I want people to taste the summer flavor of our watermelon and get through the coronavirus pandemic.”

 

(English translation T&CT and Sam Grieb)

 

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