Rich flavours are influenced by the contrasting temperatures of day and night
The overall buckwheat production area in Hokkaido is 9,860ha, 40% of the entire buckwheat cultivated land in Japan. Horokanai Town is the number one buckwheat-producing district, 60% of the cultivated land is use for harvesting Buckwheat. Both the ordinary buckwheat and the Tartar buckwheat are produced here. Buckwheat contains rutin, which has medicinal uses. Eating Soba is a healthy way to aid the antioxidation effect because of the rutin contained in it, a fact which definitely improves the popularity of buckwheat.
The main related municipality
Asahikawa/Biei/Furano Area Naie-cho｜Takikawa-shi｜Fukagawa-shi｜Numata-cho｜Asahikawa-shi｜Tohma-cho Wakkanai/Mashike/Rumoi Area Horokanai-cho｜Otoineppu-cho Obihiro Area Shintoku-cho｜Shikaoi-cho
