Digging of yam is in full swing in various parts of Hokkaido.
The yield of this year's crop is expected to be about the same as usual.
One farmer planted 1.3 hectares of the crop this year and started harvesting them on the 20th of this month.
He plans to harvest a total of 30 tons (45,000 plants), 20 tons for the fall digging and 10 tons for the spring digging, and will dig up the remainder in the ground after the snow melts next April.
He uses a machine to dig deep into the side of the yams and carefully digs out the yams by hand so as not to damage them.
This year's crop is mainly large, 30 to 40 centimeters in length, and there are many well-shaped potatoes.
Due to the aging of the population and other reasons, the number of farmers has been decreasing recently, and now there are only a few farms in the area.
