It originated from the fact that a villager named Tokuya MARUYAMA went to the Hyuga Province (present-day Miyazaki Prefecture) and returned having mastered the way to cultivate sugar cane seedling.
丸山徳弥という村人が日向国（現在の宮崎県）へ赴き、サトウキビの苗と栽培法を習得して帰ったのが始まりと云われている。