Naturally grown black azuki beans

Naturally grown black azuki beans by Sayoko Toyonaga from Asagiri Town, Kumamoto Prefecture

We have received a shipment of naturally grown black azuki beans from Asagiri Town, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Toyonaga's black adzuki beans are harvested, threshed, sorted, and dried in the sun all by hand, and are shipped approximately 3 to 4 weeks after harvest.
These are extremely precious, naturally grown black azuki beans.

*This photo shows how the beans called mukunamame are threshed. Black adzuki beans are also threshed by hand in this way.

These are the black azuki beans before sorting. They are sorted to a certain extent using the power of water and "tunami" (a type of filter), and finally sorted by hand.

These are carefully selected black azuki beans. To prevent insects from getting in, they are dipped in 80℃ water and then dried in the sun.

These are boiled black azuki beans that I was given when I visited.

These are black azuki beans, but after soaking and cooking, they will turn a slightly darker maroon color. (You can cook them just like regular azuki beans.) We only have a limited number, so hurry up and get yours!!

The producers are Toyonaga Sayoko and her son Norihiro from Kumamoto Prefecture.

Driven by our desire to produce food that is truly safe to eat, we have been cultivating our produce without pesticides or fertilizers for over 30 years, first using organic farming methods.

Asagiri Town, located in the southern part of Kumamoto Prefecture, is in the Kuma Basin, surrounded by mountains that extend from the Kyushu Mountain Range.

Asagiri Town is a cold, foggy place from early morning until it feels dark, but in the afternoon it suddenly becomes calm and sunny, with extreme temperature differences, making it an ideal environment for growing vegetables and rice. It is a long-established rice-growing area blessed with high-quality water.

The town's name comes from the morning mist that often occurs in the Kuma Basin from autumn to spring.

Toyonaga's farmland and rice paddies are fed by the Miyagawauchi River, which flows from the Shirakami mountain range at an altitude of 1,400m. Toyonaga's rice paddies are at the top of the river.