Practical Agricultural School for Growing Vegetables and Fruits at Production Sites Bamboo and Agriculture School" to Open on April 5 on Shimo-Kamagari Island, Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture

New courses to learn how to sell on e-commerce sites and manage a tourist farm are now available!

2025.04.09 11:00

株式会社TEGO

TEGO Corporation (Head Office: Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture; Representative Director: Yusuke Nakahara) announces the opening of "Bamboo and Agriculture School" (commonly known as "Taketono School"), a practical agricultural school that aims to grow vegetables and fruits at production sites using bamboo chips and compost, on April 5, 2025 (Saturday) on Shimogamari Island, Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture.

The "Bamboo and Agriculture School" has attracted a great deal of interest, and we were able to open the school in 2025 with full enrollment.

収穫できるレモン

Lemons that can be harvested

What is the "Bamboo and Agriculture School"?

It is a practical agricultural school that challenges cultivation without the use of pesticides by utilizing bamboo chips and bamboo compost on Shimokamari Island in the Seto Inland Sea.

In addition to learning cultivation techniques for citrus fruits, mainly lemons and mandarins, the school places importance on actually "eating and tasting" the fruits to get a sense of the characteristics of each variety.

Since the school opened in 2023, five students have graduated, three of whom have gone on to become citrus farmers.

The course is popular among beginners because it is easy to understand and fun to learn, based on his 30 years of experience as a school teacher.

レモンの実食

Tasting a lemon

This year, two new courses have been added to the program.

The former course, which taught general cultivation techniques from "planting" to "harvesting," has been renamed the "Specialty Course," while the "Introductory Course" allows students to learn the basics of cultivation in a shorter period of time, and the "Management Course" has been newly established to teach everything related to farm operations such as "direct sales at supermarkets," "online sales," and "tourism farm design. The "Management Course," which allows students to learn all aspects of farm management, including "direct sales at supermarkets," "online sales," and "tourism farm design.

These three courses enable the school to meet a wide range of needs of students.

The school's efforts are attracting attention as a means of revitalizing agriculture on depopulated islands and fostering the next generation of agricultural human resources.

収穫し販売まで実践で学びます

Students learn by practice, from harvesting to selling.

座学の風景

Classroom lecture

Mr. Sugawara embodies the concept of "enjoy agriculture.

Tsuneji Sugawara

Representative of Sugawara Orange Farm and Hiroshima Mini Goat Farm

After 30 years as an elementary school teacher, Mr. Sugawara became a citrus farmer.

He learned how to grow lemons and oranges at the Akinada Mikan Research Association. He is very curious and grows more than 50 varieties. The farm and mini-goat farm he operates are popular tourist attractions, and his uniqueness has attracted media attention.

He became an instructor at this school out of a desire not to end the techniques that have been passed down in Shimogamari.

講師の菅原先生