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title: Kushimoto ponkan juice
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# Kushimoto ponkan juice

A little of each town’s story　/　Kushimoto, Wakayama

Juice made by the Kasaneyama fruit growers' cooperative, formed by ponkan farmers of the Hime and Ikushi districts of Kushimoto. It is 100% straight juice from Kushimoto ponkan. The cooperative has grown ponkan for about fifty years and, for about twenty, has turned fruit that is hard to sell fresh, such as green-skinned or blemished ones, into juice.

## This moment in the journey: I'm home. Welcome back

The entrance of the old house appeared through the trees. I'm home.

"Welcome back." In front of the shed in the garden stood a badger, its face striped with white. Is anybody there? By the time I looked out from the doorway, it had vanished into the grass.

On the windowsill I set a bottle of 100% ponkan juice made from Kushimoto fruit. Creatures of the sea and creatures of the hills all live here at their ease. I sat on the veranda to look at the garden, then stretched out on the wooden floor. Another perfect Kushimoto day.

![A bottle labeled Kushimoto ponkan juice](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/kushimoto/s110-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://www.maff.go.jp/kinki/tiiki/wakayama/photo/img/202302kasaneyamakajuseisankakoukumiai/kasaneyamakajuseisankakoukumiai.html

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