Japan's Wasabi Producers Farm 'Green Gold'

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Japan's Wasabi Producers Farm 'Green Gold'

If you've eaten sushi, you might assume you've tried wasabi. But chances are it was an artificial version that Japanese growers say is a world away from their 'green gold'.

Unlike the spicy neon concoction familiar to many fans of Japanese cuisine-which is in fact made from horseradish-real wasabi is pale-green and offers a complex, mildly piquant flavor.

But even in Japan, it's not common fare. That's because it is so difficult to grow, and consequently expensive to buy, with most of it snapped up by wholesalers.

"The most important requirement is crystal-clear water, in abundance," Yoshihiro Shioya, 62, told AFP as he pulled a wasabi root from the sodden soil at his lush, green mountainside farm on Shizuoka province's Izu peninsula.

"It's absolutely necessary that the water temperature stays between 10 and 15 degrees Celsius, year-round," added Shioya, whose family has cultivated wasabi in the region for seven generations.

Patience is the key-each wasabi crop can take a whole year or even 18 months to mature in the large man-made terraces, which serve a particular design purpose.

"The water flows down from the top of the mountain, which has terraces built into it covered with layers of pebbles and sand that filter and purify it," explained Yasuaki Kohari, of Izu's agricultural cooperative.

Adopted from: https://web.archive.org/ web/20210123015602/https://www.thejakartapost. com/life/2020/12/18/japans-wasabi-producers-farm green-gold.html (April 16, 2021)

Why should we be patient when planting wasabi?

A. It has several steps to grow it.
B. It is costly to grow wasabi properly. 
C. It needs different environments to grow.
D. It takes a year or more to harvest wasabi. 
E. It has low demands in the market.

H. Qisthi · Accepted Answer

Hi, Novita.

Kakak bantu jawab ya.

Jawaban yang benar adalah D. It takes a year or more to harvest wasabi.

Soal ini menanyakan: Mengapa kita harus bersabar ketika menanam wasabi?

Jawaban untuk soal tersebut dapat ditemukan pada kalimat berikut :

"Patience is the key-each wasabi crop can take a whole year or even 18 months to mature in the large man-made terraces" yang artinya "Kesabaran adalah kuncinya-setiap tanaman wasabi bisa memakan waktu satu tahun atau bahkan 18 bulan untuk matang di teras besar buatan manusia".

Berdasarkan kalimat tersebut maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa kita harus bersabar ketika menanam wasabi karena itu membutuhkan waktu satu tahun atau lebih untuk menanamnya (it takes a year or more to harvest wasabi).

Dengan demikian, jawaban yang benar adalah D.

Hope it helps. Happy learning! :)

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