Okuizumo Rose Garden

The Okuizumo Rose Garden in Nagahisa Village, Ota City, Shimane Prefecture, cultivates and supplies edible rose products to restaurants, hotels, food manufacturers, distillers and cosmetics manufacturers throughout Japan. For the last decade, director Atsushi Fukuma researched and developed cultivation techniques to create the highest quality rose cultivar, called Sahime, for food production.

To create food grade roses, Fukuma-san avoid using pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in production. Insect control becomes the main problem in such cultivation, and careful, detailed inspection of the garden to minimize petal damage is a key characteristic of the Okuizumo Rose Garden.