February 2014

Paris Michelin Guide and "World Best 50's Restaurants Asia" had been announced recently. Mr. Okuda of Ginza Kojyu, the three-star restaurant in Japan, opened "OKUDA" in Paris and it received a star as well! Congratulations! Since the opening of "OKUDA" in Paris, our dried shiitake mushrooms have been served here. If you have time to visit "OKUDA", just try a bit

We will be demonstrating at "Salon International de l'Agriculture 2014"(SIA), one of the largest international trade fairs in France. The demonstration is going to be for green tea and dried shiitake mushrooms in Japan Pavilion. You can also buy our products at the store section. Demonstration Schedule: February 22th-25th : 12:00~13:00, 14:00~15:00 February 27th : 15:00~16:00 February 28th : 17:00~18:00 *The Director, Kaori Nukui

The director of Green Tea and Shiitake Nukuien, Kaori Nukui was interviewed at "NHK Radio 1", operated by the public broadcaster, NHK. The interview was about the export value of agricultural, forest and fishery products in Japan which was the highest ever recorded. It was in the evening news section and Kaori Nukui talked about the possibilities of expanding made-in-Japan products to

Nukuien and Japan Global Farmer Liaison Council(JFLC) are on the magazine "Weekly Toyo Keizai"(only in Japanese), one of the leading Japanese business magazines. The February issue's cover topic is about the future of agriculture in Japan. Check our Facebook page article here with picture. 

We started posting recipes using shiitake mushrooms grown on oak logs and green tea. You can now read it on allrecipes.com. We will share more cooking tips to taste our products. The first recipe is "Nappa Cabbage Soup with Dried Shiitake Mushrooms." This recipe uses dried shiitake mushrooms as "dashi", Japanese soup stock. Since it's winter in some countries, it is