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title: Yura Wase, an extra-early mandarin
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journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/aridagawa-1/
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# Yura Wase, an extra-early mandarin

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

Discovered in 1985 in Yura, Wakayama, as a bud mutation of the Miyagawa Wase mandarin, and registered as a variety in 1995. It reaches the market while the skin is still partly green, and is notably sweet for an extra-early variety.

## This moment in the journey: Arida mandarins, and one more taste of autumn

For dinner, I decided to treat myself to an "autumn Wakayama feast." On the way home, I stopped at a roadside stand with a big MIKAN sign.

Wakayama's signature product is, of course, the mandarin. Boxes marked "In season in Arida" and bags of Arida mandarins were piled out front. The greenish, extra-early mandarins are a must in early autumn.

And maybe I'll go and harvest one more taste of autumn.

![Bags of greenish extra-early mandarins](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/aridagawa-1/s83-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://www.maff.go.jp/kinki/tiiki/wakayama/photo/img/202111yurawase/yuracyo.html

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/aridagawa-1/