Main Japanese vacation agency H.I.S. Co. has resolved to move into agriculture to diversify its profits resources right after a tricky period of time in which the coronavirus pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the tourism sector.
H.I.S. Farmers Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of the vacation business, was set up in April to deliver and market contemporary fruits and greens.
The organization is not disregarding its main enterprise, even though, as it designs to incorporate excursions at the farms to allow folks to have a arms-on agricultural practical experience.
The company has begun growing cherry tomatoes at a farm north of Tokyo in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, with the develop out there for purchase by using its web page. The company options on expanding its product sales channels from May well onward.
Undated provided image exhibits H.I.S. tomatoes being picked at a farm in Saitama Prefecture. (Kyodo)
H.I.S. has also acquired a 5,000-square-meter assets, like abandoned farmland, in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, to make grapefruits. It designs to ship the items from the southwestern Japan spot in 2025 immediately after expanding the cultivation spot.
It options to work with community farmers to make processed products using fruit juices it makes, the company explained.
H.I.S. Farmers is preparing on branching out across the state, which include to the city of Yamagata, following its parent firm and the northeastern Japanese metropolis concluded a pact very last 12 months to revitalize the area as a result of tourism and farming.
At each and every location, the H.I.S. unit will introduce farming practical experience excursions to present an in-man or woman working experience of cultivation and harvesting. It is considering offering its clean deliver at theme park Huis Ten Bosch, operated by the parent firm in Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan.
The journey agency was badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, incurring a net loss for the second consecutive business calendar year ended Oct past yr.
Right after soliciting new organizations within the organization, it launched a group in 2020 to oversee a farming project.
