wagyu beef farmer (Shibukawa , Gunma Prefecture) Wataru Toriyama
Toriyama, owner of the Toriyama Ranch and vice-president of the Toriyama Farming and Food Co., Ltd., is a member of the Sukiyaki Japan Project, where he devotes his energies to spreading the word about Gunma-style sukiyaki and promoting tasty wagyu beef overseas. Breeding and raising cattle and processing, shipping and selling beef products at the Toriyama Ranch are all part of an integrated process, with an eye to continually improving flavor. Promoting traditional foods and wagyu from Gunma, the company’s Akagi Beef Curry is a perennial best-seller throughout Japan.