Kawaguchi farm is located next to Lake Izunuma, which is a sanctuary for wild birds and the second site in Japan after Lake Utonai in Hokkaido, to be designated under the Ramsar Convention. The farm specialize in the superior Yasufukuhisa bloodline fattening with special compound of grains and additional Miyakoganemochi rice flour made by the own farm.

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They feed cattle without relying on machines but by manually loosening fodder for each head, so that they can carefully raise them by controlling the amount and changing the content of fodder one by one.

 

For the first 5 months, they feed much fermented fertilizer and pasture grass to build up large bellies, and then blend in rice straws, beer lees, and chaff afterwards, adjusting to an appropriate balance. From 8 months before shipping, they grind and mix into the feed a kind of glutinous rice called "Miyakogane-mochi"; which they plant yearly together with local farmers. As a result, they can make beef with a special quality of oiliness which is not greasy but has smooth sweetness.

 

They clean cow beds everyday, carefully loosen hardened soils and reuse litter materials like the abundant rice straws not only for fodder but to make cow beds fluffier. Moreover, disinfectant fog machines are introduced to sanitize unreachable ceilings and narrow spaces.

 

Since the area is a major producer of rice, they have achieved collaboration of cultivation and cattle production by circulating manure and rice straws. Thus, they are making every effort to realize sustainable agriculture.

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Although Sendai Wagyu is well known for adopting the most severe grading standard of all famous Wagyu in Japan, the harmony of the beautiful marbling and meat quality of Sendai Craft Wagyu bred by the award-winning Kawaguchi Farm, has reached the realm of art.

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*The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.