{"id":9620,"date":"2024-02-28T15:53:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T06:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/?p=9620"},"modified":"2024-03-29T10:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T01:08:30","slug":"the-stickers-on-the-watermelon-are-amazing-ja-discloses-even-behind-the-scenes-of-shipping%e3%80%90kanazawa-topics%e3%80%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/9620","title":{"rendered":"The stickers on the watermelon are amazing! JA discloses even behind-the-scenes of shipping\u3010Kanazawa Topics\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kanazawa watermelon ranked first in the 2023 season and JA Town overall ranking (as of the morning of July 15, 2023.7.15). social networking sites have been reacting to the news by showing the fully automated seal-applying process before shipment and the behind-the-scenes of the collection and shipping plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kanazawasuika_jatown_no1_20230717-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8384\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanazawa watermelon tops JA Town&#8217;s overall ranking (image from \u300eJA Kanazawa City Official\u300f Instagram).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amazing watermelon stickers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When we published on the \u300eJA Kanazawa City \u3010Official\u3011\u300f Twitter account the process of placing stickers on watermelons by machine while they were flowing side by side on the conveyor belt, we received quite a response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u91d1\u6ca2\u3059\u3044\u304b\u51fa\u8377\u4e2d\ud83c\udf49\u30b9\u30a4\u30ab\u65e5\u548c\u3067\u3059\u306a<br>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ZoWLSJSPl\">https:\/\/t.co\/5ZoWLSJSPl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ja%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ja\u30bf\u30a6\u30f3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ZBm1oJygE\">pic.twitter.com\/5ZBm1oJygE<\/a><\/p>\u2014 JA\u91d1\u6ca2\u5e02\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011\u91d1\u6ca2\u304b\u3089\u56fd\u6d88\u56fd\u7523\u63a8\u3057\uff01 (@ja_kanazawa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ja_kanazawa\/status\/1680803668977930242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Too fast to know the moment the sticker is applied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u300cIt&#8217;s so interesting! It&#8217;s like a little factory tour\u300d, and \u300cIt&#8217;s a different era now\u300d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The backside of the watermelon before shipping is also amazing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kanazawasuika_tracksale_20230717-1024x659.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8385\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanazawa watermelon truck sale (image from \u300eJA Kanazawa City Official\u300f Instagram)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ishikawa-born TV personality Handy Yashiki and JA Kanazawa City Public Relations Officer Chiacchi filmed at the Kanazawa watermelon collection and shipping plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;Hogachan Plus Vol. 5: Sneaking into the Kanazawa Watermelon Shipment Plant,&#8221; which was shown on YouTube&#8217;s &#8220;JA Kanazawa City Official Hogarakamura Channel Hogachan&#8221; in June, various processes other than sealing are covered! Sneaking into Kanazawa Watermelon Shipment Plant] Hogachan Plus Vol. 5&#8243; on YouTube &#8220;Hogachan, the official Hogarakamura Channel of JA Hogarakamura&#8221; in June covers various processes other than sticker application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"\u3010\u9996\u4f4d\uff01\u91d1\u6ca2\u3059\u3044\u304b\u96c6\u51fa\u8377\u5834\u306b\u6f5c\u5165\u3011\u307b\u304c\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30d7\u30e9\u30b9Vol.5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w1n2w8kQ6vk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, the weekly shipping plant for agricultural products is so automated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, I felt their commitment to quality in the fact that the process of checking the watermelon by beating it by hand is done by a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JA Kanazawa City Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Spot Name<\/td><td>JA Kanazawa City Head Office<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Address<\/td><td>59-1, Matsuji-cho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Telephone number<\/td><td>076-237-0002 (main)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Official HP<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ja-kanazawashi.or.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ja-kanazawashi.or.jp\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3202.7919764351395!2d136.65636941196712!3d36.60731887218727!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x5ff9cd31b056ad33%3A0x83476a405e27285b!2z44CSOTIwLTAwMTEg55-z5bed55yM6YeR5rKi5biC5p2-5a-655S65pyq77yV77yZ4oiS77yRIO-8qu-8oemHkeayouW4guacrOW6lw!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1689607241293!5m2!1sja!2sjp\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanazawa watermelon ranked first in the 2023 season and JA Town overall ranking (as of the morning of July 15, 2023.7.15). social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":9731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[346,1195,1196],"class_list":["post-9620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-topic","tag-ja","tag-1195","tag-1196"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9621,"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9620\/revisions\/9621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}