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Tachibana Unshū Iyokan Dekopon (Hallabong, Sumo Citrus). Japanese citrus fruits were first mentioned in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki, compiled in the 700s, and the Man'yōshū and Kokin Wakashū, poetry anthologies compiled in the 700s and 900s, mention the Tachibana orange as a subject of waka poetry and describe its use as a medicinal, ornamental, and incense plant.
The yūkō (ゆうこう), also written yukou, is a Japanese citrus found in the Nagasaki Prefecture and Saga Prefecture of Japan. Genetic analysis has shown it to be a cross between the kishumikan and koji, a part-tachibana orange hybrid native to Japan. Yuzu: Citrus cavaleriei × C. reticulata: A unique Japanese citrus.
Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan The yūkō ( ゆうこう ) , also written yukou , [ 1 ] is a Japanese citrus found in the Nagasaki Prefecture and Saga Prefecture of Japan. [ 2 ] Genetic analysis has shown it to be a cross between the kishumikan and koji , a part- tachibana orange hybrid native to Japan.
The iyokan (伊予柑 - Citrus × iyo), also known as anadomikan (穴門みかん) and Gokaku no Iyokan, [1] is a Japanese citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a mandarin orange, with Dancy as the pollen parent and Kaikokan as the seed parent. [2] It is the second most widely produced citrus fruit in Japan after the satsuma mandarin (Citrus ...
Hyuganatsu (Citrus tamurana, Japanese: 日向夏) is a citrus fruit and plant grown in Japan. The name comes from Hyūga, the ancient name of Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu, where the citrus is said to have originated, while "natsu" (夏) means summer.
Kabosu (カボス or 臭橙; binomial name: Citrus sphaerocarpa) is a citrus fruit of an evergreen broad-leaf tree in the family Rutaceae. [2] It is popular in Japan, especially Ōita Prefecture, [3] where its juice is used to improve the taste of many dishes, especially cooked fish, sashimi, and hot pot dishes.
Setoka orange segment served with strawberry and mint as 12th course of a kaiseki dinner at the Hiiragiya Ryokan in Kyoto. Setoka (せとか, Setoka) [1] is a seedless and highly sweet Japanese citrus fruit that is a tangor, a hybrid of the Murcott tangor with "Kuchinotsu No.37", [2] which in turn is a hybrid of the Kiyomi tangor and a King tangor/Willowleaf mandarin cross, "Encore No. 2".
In 1860, it was noted and named "jagada", later changed to hassaku (Japanese: 八朔), referring to the first day of August of the old Japanese lunar calendar, when the fruit ripened on the tree. [2] According to Cécile Didierjean, who offered hassaku as an offering to the Shinto god Kôjin in Ōmi in March as a seasonal fruit. [ 3 ]