第三十二旅「🌿多良間島！⚓原風景と自然の恵み：スーパーフード ノニ ！🍐」【🇯🇵字幕👂】

第三十二旅「🌿多良間島！⚓原風景と自然の恵み：スーパーフード ノニ ！🍐」【🇯🇵字幕👂】

Haisai! Hey, Christal! Today we came to a wonderful remote island in Okinawa, that is quite hard to get to… Tarama Island! Look at this view! Beautiful nature and sea! – Wonderful! – It’s so beautiful! And since it’s flat, you can see far away! – That’s right! Fields and so! Tarama Island is a good old Okinawan island, and of course you can enjoy life on the island, but it’s also a blessed environment, so today let’s take a look around, and see what kind of crops they grow! There will definitely be sugar cane! But that’s not all! Let’s start right away! Let’s Goya! This trip is sponsored by Kanehide Bio, manufacturer of health foods from Okinawa. Well, today the two of them landed on Tarama Island, a hidden paradise in the Nansei Islands! It is located in the middle of the Ryukyu Archipelago, between Ishigaki Island and Miyako Island. There are regular flights from Miyako Island, so you can easily visit it in just 25 minutes. This place displays splendid original sceneries and leisurely island time, that has not been turned into a tourist destination. With its vast sugar cane fields and ranches, this small island is reminiscent of another era. With a circumference of about 20 km, its highly transparent emerald green sea and beautiful nature charm visitors. So today, come with us and experience the charm of Tarama Island! Now, before we go around this wonderful, idyllic Tarama Island, there’s a place I’d like to introduce to you Christal! Whar!? Have you ever been here before Vincent? Nope, never, but I’ve done my research, and found an intersting connection with the two of us, so decided to come here first. Actually, as you can see, the ocean here is really shallow, and in 1857, there was a Dutch merchant ship called the Van Bosse, which actually ran aground over there and sank. Though, the 27 sailors on board, some from the Netherlands and others from Europe, all survived, were evacuated, and are said to have stayed on Tarama Island for a while, before going back home. So in the 19th century, there were already foreigners, like us who came to Tarama Island, what made me feel a connection. So today while discovering many things about Tarama, I’d love to see the sceneries they also saw back then! – It feels like history! – It does! Kind of a connection! Like our seniors! – But way far senior! Also the Chinese potteries that were on the ship at that time, as well as the ship’s anchor, are still preserved on Tarama Island, – so I think it’s a truly valuable piece of history! – Yeah, great! – Well then, let’s go see the village! – Let’s go see it! The population of Tarama is approximately of 1 000, many of whom are gathered around the village. The settlements, once scattered throughout the island, gathered in the 16th c. slightly north of the center of the island. With its beautiful townscape and stone walls reminiscent of Okinawa it was the first place in Okinawa to be registered as a member of "Japan’s Most Beautiful Villages" in 2010. However, the entire island being flat, it is directly affected by typhoons and exposed to a harsh natural environment, so, many trees such as Fukugi have been planted around the village. Just after passing through the village, here is this wonderful place! Look! Fukugi trees Alley! ! ! – That’s wonderful! – It’s beautiful, and it keeps going on like this! As you said during the opening Christal, this island is flat, so it gets a lot of wind, like today as well! Now, as soon as we reached the end of the trees, the wind felt stronger, right? In fact these rows of trees are used as windbreaks to protect the island from the wind! – It feels cool! – But well, there is a limit to what I can explain by myself, – so today, I actually called a wonderful guide to show us around! Hello! – Hi! Welcome! – It’s Mrs. Nobori! – Nice to meet you! My name is Akiko Nobori, and I work as a guide on Tarama Island. I was originally born in the mainland, but when I came to Tarama, I was fascinated by the warmth of the people, nature, and of course these Fukugi trees. – So you fell in love with this place? – I did! So it’s been two years and a half now since I moved here! Wonderful! That shows how much this island is attractive! Mrs. Nobori, what kind of places will you show us today? Well, at the end of this alley of Fukugi trees, is Shiokawa Utaki, a place very important for the villagers in their daily lives, and there are also beautiful sugar cane fields. – Yeah!! We’d love to hear more about the history, culture, and lifestyle of the island! – Of course! – The wind feels so nice! – That’s right! – This place is great! – Really peaceful. – What kind of place is Tarama Island? – The island places great importance on traditional culture, and all annual events are held according to the old calendar! Therefore, the calendar may be slightly different from that in the mainland. However, the population is small, but it feels like everyone is doinng its best to make it lively! – For example, what kind of traditional events are there? – Well, the most famous one is the Harvest Festival, which is a festival to thank the gods for bountiful harvests. There are several of them, but the most well known is "the August Dance". – The August Dance? – In August of the lunar calendar. – So, when in the regular calendar? Usually around the beginning of September. Wearing traditional Ryukyu costumes, various performers take turns throughout 3 days and 3 nights! 3 days! Wow! ? Is it a famous festival? ? – It has been designated as a national "important intangible cultural property". – Wow then, that’s a big thing! ! ! But… although the island only has a population of about 1 100, having a designated "important intangible cultural property"… that’s amazing, that must be so precious! Do a lot of people also come from outside during that season? Yes! People come from Ishigaki Island and Miyako Island, and people originally from Tarama also come back to join the festival with us, which makes it a lot of fun! When I think of festivals, like on the mainland, I think of shrines and temples, – And look what I’ve found here! A torii gate! It’s the Utaki, right? – Ah, you know very well! – Let us in. It has such a mystical atmosphere! Of course with things like this… – but even just the sunlight filtering through the leaves! Very soothing! – Yeah, it’s so soothing! – So nice! There are six Utaki on Tarama Island, including this one, each one having people dedicated to pray there, but about the "August Dance" I mentioned earlier, people come here before it to make offerings, and thank god for that year’s bountiful harvests. It is customary to begin dancing only after that. By giving thanks, God will then think, "Well, let’s give them a good harvest next year too!” – It’s "give and take"! – More about feeling grateful I guess… – I know I know, of course, out of gratitude! We really learned a lot about culture and history already, but from what I’ve heard, when you think of Tarama Island, it’s all about crops, farming, and ranches… Yes! It’s actually famous for its sugar cane, which is actually the largest producer in all Okinawa! – There’s a nice place, do you want to go see it? – Please! We’d love to see some fields too! Please show us! It’s peaceful! As expected! The sugarcanes are magnificent and tall! So tall! So, this sugarcane here, but what other kind of crops are there on Tarama Island? Well, we also have pumpkins, tobacco leaves, and garlic! But when you think of Tarama, you think of sugarcane, and when you think of sugarcane, you think of brown sugar! It is the largest producer of brown sugar in all Okinawa! Remember?? I said it before! One of the product I developed, brown sugar! – Yeah!! You made brown sugar! Developping it! – In fact, it’s made from crops from Tarama Island! – Really? – You’re using sugarcane from Tarama Island!! – Oh yeah! Because it’s delicious! – So you chose this one on purpose! – Yes! – Really? I’m so happy! Thank you! Well, if you chose this one Christal, you who specializes in agriculture and health, it can’t be wrong! – Wow, this natural environment is so nice! I feel like being detoxed from the inside just by being here! – That’s right! – Really amazing! – I’m happy! Well, speaking of detox, there’s something else grown here on Tarama Island, the superfood that’s trending right now: Noni! – Noni! Yeah, there’s Noni juice and so! It’s a hot topic! – Noni is being cultivated here too! – Oh! It is! – There is a farm nearby, so please go take a look there too! – Oh! Sounds good! Let’s check it! As I specialize in things that are good for health! – Right! That’s your main focus! – Let’s go! – Let’s go! We have to go! – Mrs. Nobori, thank you very much for your guidance today! – Thank you very much! – I’ll definitely come visit again! Thank you! I’ll be waiting! Tarama Island is rich in nature and the cultivated land area accounts for approximately 40% of the entire island. The main agricultural activities are sugarcane, said to account for 30% of the all prefecture’s brown sugar production, tobacco leaves, pumpkins, and beef cattle. In recent years, they have been focusing on the production of Noni, which has been attracting attention as a superfood. Today, let’s learn together about Noni from Tarama Island, which is locally called "Yaeyama Aoki"! Now we arrived to another peaceful area, with a different feel from the sugar cane fields. – Hello! – Hello! – Maybe you are the one who produces Noni? – Yes! I’m Kinuyo Misato, Nice to meet you! I’ve heard of Noni before, but never actually seen it as a plant, – Is this a Noni? – Yes! that’s right! – Oh, I see! I did a little research and found out that Noni originally grew around Polynesia, but was it also found here in Tarama Island? It seems that it has been around for a long time. It comes from southern islands, and because the inside is kind of like cotton, so it drifted away, reached the shores, and that’s how it began! – I even got the seeds from there! – I see! So, it grows naturally, and then you turned it into a field like this, And now it became the super food that everyone praises! Wow look! There are so many! Lots of Noni! Amazing! This is Noni! It’s looks kind of… strange… I thought it was something like a berry or so! So, that’s how you grow them! Oh! look! Isn’t this one soooo big? ? Wow! It’s so big! There are some that are a little greenish and some white, when they turn from green to white, it’s time to harvest! – The it’s time to mature them. – I see! Well well, let’s ask our specialist, Christal, what is so "super" in this "superfood" that is Noni… It contains polyphenols, vitamins, minerals, and nutrients in a well-balanced manner… – So it gives you power! – Ah! It gives you power! I see! It gives a lot of power, and that’s why it’s attracting so much attention. – How is Noni commercialized from then? – Well, I harvest it… wash it at my factory, then let it sit for about a year, more than six months at least, and then I squeeze it by hand… – By hand! ! – Then I have the juice made from that. – I see. So it finally turns into juice! Sounds good! – Can we have a taste of this juice today? – Yes, of course! – I’d love to try it! – I’d love too! We’ll feel super healthy and super energetic again! – I want to be healthy! Please, let us taste! This is the hand-squeezed Noni juice that I made! We send the extract to Kanehide Bio and have them make juice with it, – to make this "Tarama Noni"! – Tarama Noni! – Please, taste it! – Let’s taste! – Isn’t it easy to drink? So mellow! – Easy to drink, yes! It’s a little sour, but it’s also sweet, so it’s easy to drink! It’s sour, but not bitter! So, mellow! – With that, I may be able to keep drinking for my health. – You can definitely drink this every day! I’m sure Noni has a lot of potential, but Misato-san, how do you want Noni to develop in the future? Yes! My daughter is making soap from it, and from now on, we will try to increase production, to match sugarcane! – And make it cheaper so that we can provide it to everyone, health for everyone! – You want to provide it easily! Well, sugar cane is really famous, but this Noni is also a treasure of Tarama Island! It’s something that has existed here since the old times, so I think it will continue to grow! There are also many possibilities, including soap, so I think the era of Noni will come! The Noni Era! – I expect to see that! – Let’s expect! Thank you very much Misato-san for today! It was very nice, and a wonderful smile! – I received a lot of energy! – Please drink a lot! – Yeah, let’s drink! Of course! – Yes! Drink! Yay! Karii! (“Cheers!” in Okinawan) So, Christal! I could really feel the mysterious, relaxing island time and warmth of the people of Tarama, – but what about you? – I agree! It is thanks to this peaceful, wonderful environment that sugarcane and noni can be grown! – Right! – We drank some noni so I feel energized, and I think we can definitely live a long life if we live on an island like this! That’s true! Indeed indeed! I think we can live until like… 100 years old, or 200 years old, or 237 years old maybe… Anyway, it’s such a wonderful environment, island, and a place we can’t reach that easily, so I’m really glad we could come! And… the number of places where I want to live someday has grown!! If you have a chance, please come and visit tarama! And, take care of your health! Well then… See You Shisa! Today again, we learned a lot about Okinawa’s charms! Even though I am an Uchinanchu (Okinawan native), I made various discoveries too! So everyone, please subscribe to the channel! Yutashiku Unige Sabira (Please)! (in Okinawan) Hope you’ll watch again!

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チャプター：
00:00 Introduction / 多良間島紹介
02:11 高田海岸沖 / オランダ商船座礁
03:45 多良間集落
04:37 フクギ並木 / 塩川御嶽 / 八月踊り
10:17 サトウキビ
12:43 スーパーフード：多良間ノニ
17:57 Conclusion

第三十二旅では、クリスタルとヴァンソンは南西諸島の隠れた楽園、多良間島へ上陸！
琉球列島の真ん中、石垣島と宮古島の中間に位置し、宮古島からは定期便が運航されているため、わずか25分で気軽に訪れることができる！
観光地化されていない壮大な原風景とゆったりと流れる島時間、温かいローカルコミュニティと豊かな文化、広大なサトウキビ畑や牧場等、別の時代を彷彿とさせるこの小さな島は、訪れる人々を魅了する。
近年では、スーパーフードとして注目を集めている「ノニ」の生産にも力を入れていて、今日はお二人と一緒に、多良間島の魅力とスーパーフードノニについてお勉強しましょう！

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