





Fragaria × ananassa 'Awa'·Tokushima, Japan
Cultivated on Shikoku and selected for honey-sweetness over size. Barely acidic, intensely hydrated — bite into one and the juice runs down your wrist. A quieter, more elegant Japanese strawberry than the Okimi headliner, and the one many Japanese eaters quietly prefer.
The Awa strawberry is a Tokushima-grown cultivar from Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands. The Awa region built its reputation on indigo dye and high-end strawberries, and the local growers select Fragaria × ananassa cultivars for honey sweetness rather than the show-stopping scale of the Miyazaki Okimi.
Each berry is medium-large, deep red, with a soft glossy skin that gives slightly under finger pressure. The flavour is the point — densely sweet, low-acid, with a real honey backbone and a juice content that runs down your wrist on the bite. Aroma is more delicate than the Okimi, less perfumed, more clean fresh strawberry.
Serve slightly chilled, within 24 hours of arrival. No washing beyond a light pat. Pairs naturally with cream, with shortcake, or eaten as-is alongside green tea. Like all premium Japanese strawberries, treat them as a finished product, not an ingredient.
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