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Farmers dig cabbages out from the snow in Wassamu, Hokkaido, to prepare shipments of the town’s specialty food. The cabbages were harvested last autumn and laid out in a field to be buried under the snow. After fresh powder covers the vegetables and the outside temperature falls below freezing, the temperature underneath the snow remains at 0 C, leading the cabbages to become sweeter to avoid becoming frozen. “I hope people will enjoy the strong sweet flavor of the cabbages,” said a 48-year-old farmer. The cabbages will continue to be shipped through March.
