Yoshikage Palace Remains

Jujube Industry, Dream for a thousand years 棗地区活性化1,000年の夢

There is a place called Natsume district in Fukui, which is now suffering from aging and depopulation.

Natsume means jujube and It is said that jujube trees bear fruit for over a thousand years.

Mr. Kaido from this district, the chairman of NAC group which is a leading company of special kinds of plastic products is trying to grow natsume trees as an industry.

Here he talks about his dream of local revitalization by natsume industry to build prosperity of future generations.
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福井に棗（なつめ）地区と呼ばれる地域があります。棗は千年以上も実をつけるといわれる果樹。この地区出身で各種プラスチック製品で全国有数のシェアを誇るナックグループの海道会長が、過疎化、高齢化に悩む故郷を棗の栽培と製品化によって活性化し長く子孫に残したいという思いを語ります。
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