🍱 Kanrobai (Nectar plums)

Located in Iruma County, in the center of Saitama Prefecture, Ogose Town is home to the "Ogose Plum Grove", known as one of the three largest plum groves in the Kanto region. Roughly 20,000 plum trees are cultivated in the surrounding area. The history of this area, which has long been known as the “village of plums”, can be traced back to the Nanboku-cho Period, when plum trees from Dazaifu, Kyushu, was introduced to the area, and subsequently widely planted and cultivated. The Beni plum, a thick-fleshed, high quality specialty product of Ogose Town, is a beautiful plum that turns red when fully ripe. In addition to pickled plums with salt, one of the traditional plum dishes in Ogose Town is nectar plums.