#Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario
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blackfireswallow · 4 years ago
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Mario wrote his 6th blog post on the Miyagi Reconstruction Portal ^^
He started this series according to his job as a Miyagi Kizuna Ambassador. His task is to promote the local charms across the country.     According to that, this time he’s promoting the "Seaweed Chips". ^^
You can find my translation of his blog entry below.
Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario Vol. 6
Everyone who is looking at the Miyagi Reconstruction Portal Site, After a long silence [it’s me], Kuroba Mario!
I’m taking my time with updating.
Well then the delicious order for this time is the “Seaweed Chips” by Fujikuni Bussan!
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The seaweed what grows it the ocean by Sanriku and is rich of vitamins and minerals, is processed into a chips.
There are 3 flavours.
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The first is “Plum”!
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Yeah, its scent is plum too! The flavour is plum! I love plum… Haha I thought it’d be delicious with ochazuke /rice with tea poured on it/! Using the dried plum of Miyagi prefecture, the sourness of the plum and the crispy texture of seaweed gets addictive!
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The “Millet Sugar” is sweet. Despite it’s seaweed. The texture is rather like a candy compared to the plum [version]. The sweetness of the millet sugar and the crispy seaweed is a best match! It feels so.
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The last is the “Almond”! It’s aromatic. It’s texture is different from the millet sugar [version]. As it contains the almond itself it’s like almond fish!
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When I eat it I don’t feel like I’m eating seaweed at all. Although it looks like seaweed.
As expected, it’s seaweed chips. The naming is also the best!
The Fujikuni Bussan what creates the “Seaweed Chips” was established in 1967. They carry on with processing sales on seafood (mainly seaweed) wholesales focused on hot steamed salted wakame seaweed. They have the right to purchase from all fisheries stocking with cooperative selling and have direct transactions with manufacturers by the beach, and they’re determined to purchase carefully selected raw materials from the natives of Sanriku.
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I think it’s delicious to eat it as a snack too, so if it’s alright, please try to eat and compare it you all as well!
I want this to become a school lunch at elementary schools. I’d be happy! Haha
Fujikuni Bussan
http://www.fujikunibussan.com/chips.html
Seaweed Chips Plum, Millet Sugar, Almond 432 yen each (tax included)
https://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/fujikuni-bussan/
Source: https://www.fukkomiyagi.jp/…/%e3%80%90%e9%bb%92%e7%be%bd%e…/
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blackfireswallow · 4 years ago
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Mario wrote his 8th blog post on the Miyagi Reconstruction Portal ^^
Sadly, this is the last blog entry he wrote there. With this, the series has been finished.
He started this series according to his job as a Miyagi Kizuna Ambassador. His task is to promote the local charms across the country.     According to that, this time what he’s promoting is the "Abezen Shouten’s Local Cider". ^^
You can find my translation of his blog entry below. By all means, please have a read of it! ^^
Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario Vol. 8 Last Part
Everyone who is looking at the Miyagi Reconstruction Portal Site, Good day!
It’s spring isn’t it
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This time I had the “Abezen Shouten’s Local Cider”.
First I’ll have the “Shiogama Ginger Ale Salty”.
Ginger ale, I usually don’t drink it with a highball only, but…
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This is delicious! It’s a salty cider what’s not too sweet or salty.
It’s a fresh cider that has the taste of ginger with the burned seaweed’s salt from Shiogama. The “burned seaweed’s salt” of Shiogama is an eelgrass what’s transported previously to the area, gets boiled down by recipe, using salt from the sea water of Matsushima bay and as the eelgrass is mild salty (it’s not too salty), it serves as a cider what’s easy to drink!
It’s a taste you long for in summer. You may want to drink it after exercising or when you sweat and lose salt! Haha
The next one is the “Shiogama Oden Cider”.
It’s hard to imagine the combination of oden [Japanese winter one pot dish] and cider, haha
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The characteristic of Shiogama Oden has oyster extract and oden soup, kelp [kind of a seaweed], and it’s a cider what emphasizes the taste of katsuodashi [kind of fish soup], but yeah, I feel drank, I hear the kelp! The scent is strong, too! Drinking it warm, it’s a coexistence of sweet and salty light oden soup, and it seems delicious when dividing it with liquor to make it a habit! It’s a cider you want to drink in the night, haha
The company Abezen Shouten what creates the cider [I introduced] here, was established in the first year of the Showa era and has been producing fisheries products. It was damaged by the tsunami what was caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, but about one month after the earthquake a part of the factory was back to operation. The employees who experienced the earthquake said “We want to prepare canned goods that can be used as emergency rations”, so they developed products such as the “Shiogama Canned Oden”, and they’re developing various other products, too!
With that said,
I’ve been updating slowly, but actually, this time’s became the last update.
I thought again that there are a lot of delicious things in Miyagi prefecture and I thought I was in the Kingdom of Food!
I was happy to be able to feel my home place through this work.
Thank you very much for reading it till the end!
Abezen Shouten Co., Ltd.
https://abezen.co.jp/
Shiogama Ginger Ale Salty 12 pieces 3,240 yen Shiogama Oden Cider 12 pieces 3,900 yen
Abezen Shouten Online Shop
https://www2.enekoshop.jp/shop/abezen/
Source: https://www.fukkomiyagi.jp/report/%e3%80%90%e9%bb%92%e7%be%bd%e9%ba%bb%e7%92%83%e5%a4%ae%e3%81%ae%e5%ae%ae%e5%9f%8e%e3%81%ae%e3%81%8a%e3%81%84%e3%81%97%e3%81%84%e3%82%92%e3%81%8a%e5%8f%96%e3%82%8a%e5%af%84%e3%81%9b-vol-8-%e6%9c%80/
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blackfireswallow · 4 years ago
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Mario wrote his 7th blog post on the Miyagi Reconstruction Portal ^^
He started this series according to his job as a Miyagi Kizuna Ambassador. His task is to promote the local charms across the country.      According to that, this time what he’s promoting is the "Onagawa Ajillo". ^^
You can find my translation of his blog entry below. By all means, please have a read of it! ^^  
Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario Vol. 7
Everyone who is looking at the Miyagi Reconstruction Portal Site, good morning, good day, good evening, I’m Kuroba Mario!
Well then, the delicious order for this time is the Senrei “Onagawa Ajillo”!
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I relatively [often] eat Ajillo.
This time, it’s Sanriku Ascidian and Sanriku Oysters.
Oh, ascidian! Everyone, do you know about ascidian? I’m from Miyagi prefecture, so of course I know what it is, and I’ve eaten it many times, but maybe there are some of you who haven’t eaten it and doesn’t know what it is yet?
The “Sanriku Ascidian” is a seasonal ascidian added with the sourness of tomatoes, flavoured easily, so even those can eat it who aren’t good with eating ascidian.
Well then, at once
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It’s the scent of olive oil.
Bon appetite-!
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It’s delicious! It’s not a habit! Even if you’re not good at eating ascidian, you can eat it as a snack as it seems to be matching for pasta.
“Sanriku Oysters” has a compatibility with oysters and garlic, so you can eat it the way it is too, or you can use it for your favourite food, such as pasta sauce or gratin!
The company “Senrei Corporation” what creates the “Onagawa Ajillo” was established after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The “Ishimori Shoten Co., Ltd” what has been involved in the refrigeration and freezing business of fresh fish in Onagawa town, and the “Okasei Co., Ltd” what won the trust of the locals through their techniques in sales performance and processing, became one company, revived their strength, and they established [Senrei] in 2013 to provide world-class products with added rich value.
To transmit the delicious [products] of Onagawa to the world, in December 2017 they obtained the Advanced Hygiene Standard FSSC 22000 qualification. The FSSC 22000 qualification is a qualification system that certifies “handling food safely along with international rules”. It’s not only about the safety of the food itself, the additives and the materials for packaging are also a target for the qualification, so obtaining this qualification means they provide high quality products in various aspects. Senrei is truly a company that develops products they can be proud of in the world.
There are also recipes which can be prepared easily, so it’s a dish I’d like people who are not good with eating ascidian try!
Onagawa Ajillo, please [have some]!
Senrei Co., Ltd.
https://www.onagawa-senrei.co.jp/
Onagawa Ajillo Sanriku Ascidian 980 yen (tax included) Onagawa Ajillo Sanriku Oyster 980 yen (tax included) *In addition, “Onagawa Ajillo Puripuri Scallop” and “Onagawa Ajillo Sanriku Octopus” is also recommended.
Senrei OLNILE SHOP
https://www.senrei-fishmarket.com/
Source: https://www.fukkomiyagi.jp/report/%e3%80%90%e9%bb%92%e7%be%bd%e9%ba%bb%e7%92%83%e5%a4%ae%e3%81%ae%e5%ae%ae%e5%9f%8e%e3%81%ae%e3%81%8a%e3%81%84%e3%81%97%e3%81%84%e3%82%92%e3%81%8a%e5%8f%96%e3%82%8a%e5%af%84%e3%81%9b-vol-7%e3%80%91/
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blackfireswallow · 4 years ago
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Mario wrote his 5th blog post on the Miyagi Reconstruction Portal ^^
He started this series according to his job as a Miyagi Kizuna Ambassador. His task is to promote the local charms across the country.   According to that, this time he’s promoting the "Dried Potato". ^^
You can find my translation of his blog entry below.
Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario Vol. 5
Good day everyone! I’ve been neglecting writing, I’m Kuroba Mario.
[Some] “delicious” [producst] has arrived from Miyagi this time, too!
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The dried potato from the Yamamoto Farm Miraino is “a set of 4 [types to] try and eat to compare���.
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I really like dried potato. It’s out of season, but it reminds me of Obon, haha After, when I want to feel home, I come to want to eat it, haha Normally rather than eating it often, I ate it when I went to my grandmother.
Well then, let’s eat!
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The ‘Kurenai Haruka’ has a sticky food texture. The ‘Silk Suite’ is refreshing! It has a smooth texture. I think everyone has already eaten the ‘Half dried’, right? The ‘Round Dried’ is not sliced, so it looks like sweet potato!
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I ate it as it is, but on the home page of ‘Yamamoto Farn Miraino’ there are recipes of ‘dried potato and cheese toast of nuts’ introduced, so by all means please have a look at it.
The ‘Yamamoto Farm Miraino’ what prepares the ‘Dried Potato’ is an agricultural production corporation which was founded in 2015 by 55 farmers who were hit by the tsunami of The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake.
Facilities were damaged by the tsunami, the agricultural machinery and equipment was washed away, so it’s difficult to resume agriculture, [but] as everyone changed into a legal entity, they aim for expanding an efficient agricultural management and develop the future of people in charge. Upholding [the idea of] ‘sustainable new agricultural management with community involvement’, there is an expectation for a new form of agriculture of the region!
They are producing tomato, onion, sweet potato, vegetables, and the establishment process of the dried potato, what is prepared one by one manually with care, ended in 2018. From children to elderly, [everyone] can eat it safely.
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My favourite is the round shaped dried [potato]-! It’s a shape what can’t be seen often, so it’s a new dried potato! By the way, I came to want [to drink] green tea, haha Everyone by all means, [have a try of it]!
Yamamoto Farm Miraino Co., Ltd. Trial of all 4 types of eating comparison set 2,376 yen (tax included) https://y-f-m.shop-pro.jp/
Source: https://www.fukkomiyagi.jp/…/%e3%80%90%e9%bb%92%e7%be%bd%e…/
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blackfireswallow · 5 years ago
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Mario wrote his 4th blog post on the Miyagi reconstruction portal ^^
He started this series according to his job as a Miyagi Kizuna   Ambassador. His task is to promote the local charms across the country.  According to that, this time he’s promoting the Okara Karintou (a kind of deep-fried Japanese sweet). ^^
You can find my translation of his blog entry below.
Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario Vol. 4
Everyone who is reading the Miyagi Reconstruction Portal Site, Good day!
How have you been?
This time I had “Okara Karintou”!
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I myself really love okara so I eat it often, but this is the first time I have fried dough cake okara!
I’ll ea-t it immediately! It’s Pacific saury and zunda flavoured!
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As this “Okara Karintou” is prepared with the main raw materials of okara soybean (there is no gene recombination) and domestic flour it’s soft but has a crunchy food texture It’s like it’s between rice cracker and fried dough cake… I have a feeling I’ve eaten it somewhere, but I wonder where? I’d like to drink green tea (haha)
Because of the uniquely developed enzyme “Yume-21”, it doesn’t absorb oil even when it’s deep-fried on low temperature, its characteristics are crispy and soft when chewing on it, and it’s prepared with an original manufacturing method!
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The “Pacific saury flavoured Okara Karintou” is made with saury from Onagawa. The aroma of onion spreads faintly in the mouth. The Onagawa karintou is the number one popular souvenir.
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The “Zunda flavoured Okara Karintou” [is prepared] with that zunda what comes from Miyagi. You can enjoy the flavour of green soybeans, but you can feel slightly the zunda, too!
This “Okara Karintou” is prepared by “Kirara Onagawa”, a support facility for employees with disabilities in Onagawa.
In December 2010 the first employment support office (an office what helps people with disabilities to join society) was opened in Onagawa town. Because of the big need for using the [services of the] office, the number of users increased and to expand the business a bit, on March 11 2011, in the morning of the day of the earthquake, they made the arrangements to move the equipments to move to a new facility. As they were [located] on the sea coast, the old and the new offices were washed away by the tsunami. (Two of the users are still missing.) It was hard to find the goal of rebuilding, and the users were forced to live at home for about 2 years. In 2013 a new workshop was made, and in 2015 in the commercial building of Seapal-Pier Onagawa a dining room where the ingredients of Onagawa are used for the menu and a shop was open with a sale corner established for confectionery and processed marine products. In the shop you can buy “Okara Karintou”.
Originally I like zunda, but as it’s easy to eat this, I could always eat it while watching TV (haha)
It’s like veggie chips, so I think people who don’t like okara can eat it as well!
The many people who know about “Okara Karintou” can support not only the reconstruction, but the independence of people with disabilities, too! Everyone, if you like it, by all means [please do so]!
Kirara Onagawa Pacific saury karintou 380 yen Zunda karintou 380 yen https://kiraraonagawa.stores.jp/
Source: https://www.fukkomiyagi.jp/…/%e3%80%90%e9%bb%92%e7%be%bd%e…/
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blackfireswallow · 5 years ago
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Mario wrote his 2nd blog post on the Miyagi reconstruction portal ^^
He started this series according to his job as a Miyagi Kizuna   Ambassador. His task is to promote the local charms across the country. According to that, this time he’s promoting the Kizuna roll cake. ^^
You can find my translation of his blog entry below.
Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario Vol. 3
Good day everyone!
I’ve been neglecting writing a bit, but I’ll write the ‘Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi” in 2020, too!
Well then, this time it’s the “Kizuna roll [cake]”
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It’s a good name isn’t it It’s a bond connection isn’t it
Roll cake and seaweed.. I can’t really imagine [them together] but I want to eat it immediately!
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Let’s ea-t
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This is delicious, I could eat as much as I want haha [You can taste] the seaweed slightly and it feels refreshing. It’s not too sweet and is well-balanced
I feel like I’ve eaten it somewhere, but I wonder where? Haha
In the building of the ryokan named “New Tomarizakisou” in Minamisanriku there is a shop called “Patisserie Kuriko”, where the standard souvenir is the frozen roll cake. At the time of the earthquake there were about 1,000 pieces of roll cakes in the freezer which they [the owner] delivered along with the ryokan’s blankets to the shelter and they handed them over to those who visited the ryokan to confirm their safety. Although [the owners] were troubled to re-open the shop, they got words such as “Because of the stress caused by the earthquake a child didn’t have appetite but ate the roll cake” [and] “That time the roll cake was really delicious”, so they decided to re-open! That time it seemed the brand name “Kizuna roll” became the name of the feeling of gratitude what goes to the supporters. It’s a great story isn’t it.
After the earthquake the tsunami washed away the farm of the owner’s cousin and his acquaintance seaweed fisherman, and as [the owner] couldn’t help them they suggested them the idea of “raw seaweed roll cake”. (The special product of Minamisanriku is seaweed!) It took half a year to manage to commercialize it! The odd combination of the roll cake and seaweed became a topic, and now it’s a popular product!
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But you know The texture of the seaweed can’t be felt much It’s easy to eat it, the compatibility is great I’m refreshed!
It’s been 9 years since the earthquake, and it seems like the thoughts of “raw seaweed roll cake” is disappearing, but there are still a lot of repeat customers, there are orders from people from the whole country, and every year they sell it at a university festival in Kanto, so it seems like it’s loved!
By all means, please check the “Kizuna roll” you all too.
Well then
I’ll write again
Patisserie Kuriko Kizuna roll seaweed 800 yen *In addition, there are maple, okra, strawberry, chocolate [flavours].
https://www.facebook.com/kizuna.minamisannrik
*You can purchase at the online shop “Minamisanriku de Shopping”.
http://www.odette-shop.com/shopdetail/000000000030/
Source: https://www.fukkomiyagi.jp/…/%e3%80%90%e9%bb%92%e7%be%bd%e…/
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blackfireswallow · 5 years ago
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Mario wrote his 2nd blog post on the Miyagi reconstruction portal ^^
He started this series according to his job as a Miyagi Kizuna Ambassador. His task is to promote the local charms across the country. According to that, he’s promoting a mini Baumkuchen now ^^
I translated his blog entry you can read it below.
Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario Vol. 2
Everyone on the Miyagi reconstruction information portal, Good day!
This is the 2nd part of the awaited ‘Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi’!
Well then, this time…
It’s the ‘Chibi Baum’ from the company named ‘Agriead Naruse’!
This is the mini size version of the Baumkuchen named ‘Nobiru Baum’, it’s really small, isn’t it
Chibi Baum Once again, it’s a cute naming
As they have this size I can eat all type easily!
The white Baumkuchen
I think it’s a taste what little children will like as it has a sweeter and soft flavor compared to the Baumkuchen I often eat. It’s easy to eat the orthodox Baumkuchen!
I want to eat this with milk.
The next is The green Baumkuchen
The outside is crunchy, while the inside is soft. For me the outer part is delicious It’s an unusual Baumkuchen by appearance, too.
Of course I’ll have it with milk! Haha
The last one is The yellow Baumkuchen
This is the softest among these three. I was surprised it’s made with rice flour despite it being a confectionery As its sweetness is restrained maybe those people who can’t handle the sweet taste can eat this easily? I like this the most among these three. I’d like to eat it with milk! Haha
Coming by There is a chance to eat Baumkuchen, but as it has this size it makes it easy to eat quickly I think everyone will be pleased getting it as a souvenir – !
The ‘Agriead Naruse’ which produces this Baumkuchen Is an agricultural production company in the Nobiru area of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture what operates in agriculture.
It suffered a serious damage from the tsunami of The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake… However as the water pulled back, the salt was removed immediately, they planted rice plants, and in that year (in 2011) they harvested rice. To accelerate the reconstruction of the industry in the area, they created an agricultural processing facility named ‘NOBICO’ what continuously hires victims of the disaster. They use corns and rice grown by themselves for the Baumkuchen named ‘Nobiru Baum’!
Speaking of the Nobiru area, when I was little, my family often took me to the Nobiru coast in Higashimatsushima. We went for a one-day trip during summer break to play and we really enjoyed it! Haha
When I was 20 years old I also went with a local friend to Nobiru and we listened to ‘Southern All Stars’ in the car.
As it takes an hour by car to get there from Sendai, by all means, please drop by!
Well then, this time here is [the end]
I’ll write again
Agriead Naruse Chibi Baum 6 pieces 1,350 yen, 9 pieces 1,850 yen, 12 pieces 2,350 yen White – soft Green – hard Yellow – rice flour It’s a Baumkuchen baked with care and with the wheat flour (Shirane flour) and the rice flour (Hitomebore) which are produced by themselves. The egg and butter is also domestically produced, and preservatives aren’t used. https://agriead.jp/ *On the online shopping the prices are a bit different.
Source: https://www.fukkomiyagi.jp/…/%e3%80%90%e9%bb%92%e7%be%bd%e…/
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blackfireswallow · 5 years ago
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Mario wrote his first blog post on the Miyagi reconstruction portal ^^ He started this series according to his job as a Miyagi Kizuna Ambassador. His task is to promote the local charms across the country. According to that, he's promoting a tomato juice now ^^
I translated his blog entry you can read it below.
Ordering the delicious [products] of Miyagi by Kuroba Mario Vol. 1
Nice to meet you all who are visiting the Miyagi reconstruction information portal!
I’m Kuroba Mario from Miyagi prefecture!
This time I started my blog here in the “NOW IS. Reconstruction report” of the Miyagi reconstruction portal.
When I talk about this the tension rises up.
Once again, I really love Miyagi prefecture.
From now on I’d like to update slowly.
I was allowed to be a “Miyagi Kizuna Ambassador” to promote the charm of “hometown Miyagi” and spread it across the whole country!
First time to commemorate is…
The “Yubi Tomato Premium”
Yes, it’s tomato juice.
This yubi tomato is a cute naming. It’s cuteness explodes. Apparently to this tomato jouice isn’t added salt, sugar and concentrate, it’s 100% perfectly additive-free.
The catchphrase of this tomato juice by the producer Through Age Farm is
“Cute, delicious and a bit high-class homebred Italian tomato”
This farm [located in] Yamamoto, makes artefacts of Italian tomato, increases the number of employments and products of the local brand, and if the town lightens up, it’ll lead to local recovery as there is a desire to do their best at it.
Therefore,
At once, let’s have it!
It seems it’s blended with several types of Italian tomato and became sweet, it’s delicious---!!
I rarely drink tomato juice, but it’s famous for being highly nourishing, so I want to take the opportunity to drink it!
From now on the full-blown summer is going to begin, so be careful [not to get] a summer fatigue Let’s make it a fun summer! I’ll take care, too!
Well then, I’ll write again.
Through Age Farm/Yamamoto Yubiri Tomato Premium 300 ml 2 bottles 2800 yen http://suru-age.com/
  You can purchase it from Yahoo! Shopping, too https://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/suru-age/
Source: https://www.fukkomiyagi.jp/report/otoriyose_0809/
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