{"id":1574,"date":"2025-11-13T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ringodaigaku.com\/ringo_blog\/english\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:46:02","slug":"artistic-apples-to-appreciate-viewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ringodaigaku.com\/ringo_blog\/english\/2025\/11\/13\/1574.html","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Apples to Appreciate Viewing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The apple auction of \u201cApples with Letterings and Designs\u201d is held annually in November at Hiroka, Hirosaki Chuo Seika Co. Ltd., located in Hirosaki, Aomori.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ringo_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1940_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is completely different from the normal auction dealing with only \u201cApples with Letterings and Designs\u201d gathered together as one. They are traded at high prices every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The varieties such as \u201cStark Jumbo\u201d or \u201cMutsu\u201d are used for this pouch cultivation. The apples are bagged to block out sunlight until the fruit becomes a certain size. Then the bags are taken out to receive sunlight to induce anthocyanin, the compound responsible for the red color. The areas blocked by stickers to prevent light remain the original color, highlighting letters and design images.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ringo_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mojie2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ringo_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mojie2024_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ringo_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1972_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of course, these apples are edible but they are mostly for display purposes to entertain people for the artistic merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*The auction is held only one day at the end of November. Visitors who are not affiliated with the facility must apply in advance and are not permitted to enter without authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ringo_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1968_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"mrhfv69f5b89f0c4ba\" ><img class=\"mt-image-none aligncenter\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/ringo_line.gif\" alt=\"APPLE LINE\" width=\"360\" height=\"28\" \/>\n\n \n\n<a href=\"\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"mt-image-left alignleft\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/au_english.gif\" alt=\"APPLE UNIVERSITY\" width=\"234\" height=\"60\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Apple University is a virtual university where you can learn many things about apples in a fun way.\n\u21d2\u3000<a href=\"\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to go to the site.<\/a>\n<br><br><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.mrhfv69f5b89f0c4ba {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.mrhfv69f5b89f0c4ba {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.mrhfv69f5b89f0c4ba {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.mrhfv69f5b89f0c4ba {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.mrhfv69f5b89f0c4ba {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The apple auction of \u201cApples with Letterings and Designs\u201d is held annually in November at Hiroka, Hirosaki Chuo Seika Co. 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The areas blocked by stickers to prevent light remain\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringodaigaku.com\/ringo_blog\/english\/2025\/11\/13\/1574.html\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Artistic Apples to Appreciate Viewing - Ringo Daigaku<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringodaigaku.com\/ringo_blog\/english\/2025\/11\/13\/1574.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Artistic Apples to Appreciate Viewing - Ringo Daigaku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The apple auction of \u201cApples with Letterings and Designs\u201d is held annually in November at Hiroka, Hirosaki Chuo Seika Co. 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