Bamboo farm

Available for over a year

Nick Luscombe visits Four Seasons Bamboo Forest Wakayama Farm in Utsunomiya, about an hour north of Tokyo, where he meets the farm's third generation owner, Taro Wakayama. The farm produces bamboo shoots and chestnuts, and is also known as a rich supply of quality bamboo for Japan's architecture industry. Nick also speaks to Taro's sons Fuyuk and Shusei about their work, and their hopes and plans for the future of the farm, as well as colleague Kaoru, who explains about the bamboo trees' rapid growth rate and the visitor activities that encourage a deeper understanding of this wild and wonderful natural resource! Produced and presented by Nick Luscombe