On October 2nd, players belonging to the soccer club "Blandieu Hirosaki" aiming to enter the J-League from Hirosaki had an apple harvesting experience.

Citizen group "A-project" cooperated in the harvest experience that was carried out as part of the "Aomori Apple Health Support Project" to create eating habits. The three players who experienced it were captain Tatsuya Kawasaki, Daiki Maehara, and Haruki Ono.

The soccer club annually harvests apples and experiences farming as part of local support and community activities. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus this season, the match was canceled in the middle of the league. As of September 5, when the cancellation was announced, the ranking was the result of this season, so he was ranked second in the league.

Maehara, who is the first to harvest apples, is from Fukuoka. "At first I was worried if I could do it, but once I got the hang of it, the harvest was easy and it was a good experience that I rarely can do," he said.

Mr. Kawasaki said that an apple farmer taught him how to eat apples from the side after harvesting, which is called "star cut". "Starcut has the advantage of being able to eat apples with their skins without getting their hands dirty. I hear that the skins also contain a lot of nutrients, so I want to eat apples with Starcuts every day," smiles.