In the past, it was famous as a very good rice and was valued as "illusory sakamai," but because the growing area expanded too rapidly, the power and quality of the variety was degraded.
かつては名米の聞こえ高く、「幻の酒米」などともてはやされたため栽培地が県の内外に一気に拡大し、その結果、品種的な力や質を落としてしまった。