What Tankan I mean?

Tankan in Okinawa is being established as a fruit of winter, or it would not be many people who do not know the details? I want to know more about the Tankan! Toward that. In this case, I would like to let me explain the history of the Tankan and fruit.

Tankan came from China?

Tankan origin, it dates back to the era, takes you to ancient China. The good offices was born a natural mandarin orange native to southern China and "Ponkan" came from rural areas across India, Assam is the beginning of "(Tankan) short barrel."

Tankan is the origin of the name, our product line was sold to walk across the continent, delicious oranges are harvested in (the most southern China) - Guangdong, Fujian now. Anyway, in mainland China, and is called a sensation. Ancient Chinese people peddling into (only us), is the origin of the name "short barrel" to have walked across the continent to sell short barrel delicious oranges.

Eventually, this Tankan, has been ported to Taiwan across the sea from southern China, then, has been ported to the Ryukyu Islands including Amami Oshima.

Incidentally, in the country, such as Yakushima and Amami and Okinawa is mainly produced. Okinawa Prefecture 50 years ago to the number, grown in the northern part of Okinawa Motobu brought from China by the late former lawmaker Ichiro Inamine, market conditions have led to the distribution to the entire north. Izu see a thriving town headquarters of cultivation, from the inside and outside the prefecture, are bustling with visitors hunting Tankan 2.3 becomes especially around May.

Tankan looks like this ♪

Skin of the Tankan (about Sunkist) thick is hard to peel.

Although the surface does not as bumpy and beautiful even flattery.

The fruit has been sweetness and acidity in harmony, for anyone who likes a little more sour than sweet oranges is only recommended dish.

This sweetness, in the grind after taste, is about eating too much and Tsuitsui, and eat one another.

Tankan is with information from your favorite customers, after the commodity arrives, sense of taste is likely to increase when exposed to sunlight.

★ very juicy taste of Tankan

Tankan has been well known in Okinawa prefecture, is many orders products.

Mid-February will be the most delicious from mid-January.

Fruit can not be eaten only at this time.

Contents are ordered to have a solid feel grains, fruit juice that contains plenty of very juicy.

Tankan is difficult to peel the skin of a little thick, in which the sweet-sour pulp that contains plenty of fruit juice has packed to the door. ♪ I think I feel like opening a treasure chest like

Breeding mostly because it does not, and some species that contains the Nakaniwa.