Thoughts behind the name VEGEMARI

MARI in VEGEMARI has two meanings.

The first meaning is that the vegetable strongly connects the farmer and the consumer. As if they were getting married.

The other meaning of MARI is that of the ball game called KEMARI, which has been handed down since ancient times in Japan.

The rules of KEMARI are to form a circle, kick the ball up and pass it to the person across from you while shouting.

The image is similar to beach volleyball played with the feet.

The person who drops the ball loses. The ball is made of deer skin and is hollow.

The ball is carefully kicked to the opponent and passed to the next person in succession to compete in skill.

The ball is then passed to the next person in succession. Like this game of ball, it is meant to encourage people to continue passing the ball to their friends and family, so that it will reach from Oita Prefecture to the rest of the world and even overseas.