渓流の女王と呼ばれる川魚で、臭みがなく淡泊で食べやすいのが特徴。

昔から南予地方では「アマゴの塩焼き」や「アマゴの雑炊」など、川魚料理が親しまれています。

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Shiitake mushrooms are very widely cultivated in Kawabe with a method called log cultivation.  This method can produce plump and more delicious shiitake mushrooms than the traditional bed cultivation method cannot offer. Please enjoy Kawabe’s fresh and dried shiitake mushrooms.

和名をオオバタネツケバナといい、愛媛県松山地方を中心とした方言での名称で、日本各地の低山、原野の水湿地や溝などに生える多年生草です。香りもよく、ピリッとした辛みがあるので、松山地方では古くから刺身のツマなどに珍重されてきました。

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“Teiregi” is Ehime Matsuyama dialect for Cardamine regeliana (Japanese bittercress). It is a perennial plant that grows in the lower part of the mountains, marshlands, ditches throughout Japan. With its aromatic smell and a little kick of bitterness, this plant is part of many dishes, such as a garnish for sashimi (raw fish dish), and has been cherished since the olden days of Matsuyama region.

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標高200ｍ～1,200ｍと高低差の激しい場所に位置する河辺町は、季節毎、昼夜間の温度差が大きい地域です。豊かな自然の中、大きい気温差と清らかな水で育った河辺町の野菜はとても美味しいと評判です。季節ごとに豊かに実る河辺の野菜をぜひお召し上がりください。

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Kawabe-cho is located at an altitude between 200m and 1,200m (656 ft. and 3,937 ft.) and with this comes drastic differences in temperature during the day and night. The vegetables grown in the nature of Kawabe’s unique climate character, and clear water have a reputation of being be more delicious than other regions. Please enjoy Kawabe’s variety of seasonal vegetables.

河辺町はシイタケの栽培が盛んな地域です。特に日本で栽培されるシイタケの2割しかないといわれる原木シイタケにこだわっています。

大きくて肉厚な貴重な原木シイタケをお召し上がりください。

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Shiitake mushrooms are very widely cultivated in Kawabe with a method called log cultivation.  This method can produce plump and more delicious shiitake mushrooms than the traditional bed cultivation method cannot offer. Please enjoy Kawabe’s fresh and dried shiitake mushrooms.

河辺町内で採れるタケノコ（孟宗竹）の多くは乾燥タケノコに加工され、安心・安全な食品として国内大手の外食チェーン店に出荷されています。河辺町の豊かな自然に育まれた恵みは、日本中の方々に届けられています。

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Majority of the bamboo shoot harvested in Kawabe-cho is processed into dried bamboo shoot and distributed to domestic major food-service chains as safe, trusted food. Kawabe’s blessing of the nature is delivered to people throughout Japan.

近年珍しくなった山の恵みである山菜ですが、豊かな自然に囲まれた河辺町は貴重な山菜の宝庫です。毎年春になると、貴重な山の恵みである山菜を求めて多くの観光客が訪れています。

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The mountain vegetables (wild plants), a precious produce of the mountains, are becoming rare in recent days. However, surrounded by the rich nature, Kawabe-cho is a treasury of mountain vegetables. Many people visit in the spring time to enjoy these precious mountain vegetables.

米づくりに重要なことは、「水が清らかで豊富であること」「昼夜の温度差が大きいこと」です。河辺町では山々からそそぎ出る清らかで多くの栄養分を含んだ水を用い、昼夜の気温差が大きい山間部独特の気候により、本当に美味しいお米が採れる地域です。収穫量が多くないためブランド化はされていませんが、そのおいしさをぜひ味わってください。

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Some of the critical factors for rice cultivation are to have abundant of clean water and a large temperature difference between day and night. Kawabe-cho has nutrient-rich clean water that is flowing out of the mountains and also has unique mountain valley climate characteristic of extreme temperature difference between day and night. With these factors, Kawabe-cho cultivates a very tasty and delicious type of rice. Only small batches can be harvested, so the rice is not branded. Please enjoy this delicious rice while visiting Kawabe.