Blessed by the bounty of the Shonai Plains — a Yamagata brand pork of distinction, raised through liquid feeding.
Kome no Ko Buta (Rice’s Child Pig) is a brand pork raised at ‘Kome no Ko Farm’ — the company-owned farm operated by Taisho Kanayama Ranch Co., Ltd. — in the rich natural environment of Kanayama Town in northeastern Yamagata Prefecture. At this farm, a liquid feed combining a 30% addition of feed rice to the base compound feed, with the further mixing of whey and bread crusts, is carefully given 8 times a day through liquid feeding. This feeding method — giving small amounts multiple times for slow digestion and absorption — cultivates a rich nutritional value: oleic acid content at approximately twice that of standard pork, and Vitamin E at approximately four times. The barn uses a windowless, all-in, all-out system, maintaining disease prevention and hygiene management at a high standard. All-pig artificial insemination using self-collected semen is also implemented, minimizing the risk of introducing external pathogens and raising pigs under safety management that is complete within the farm. Third-party certifications including Farm HACCP (obtained 2018) and JGAP (obtained 2020) have also been obtained, conveying a high level of awareness of safety and reliability. Raised with devoted care to a shipping age of 155 days, the pork is characterized by a finely-grained, tender meat quality and a fat with a clean, refreshing sweetness — never cloying. Approximately 15,500 head are shipped annually, and the brand also won the highest honor at the 2013 Food Industry Exhibition. Please fully enjoy the quality of this pork — nurtured by Yamagata’s land — in shabu-shabu and yakiniku.
Basic Information
- Name
Kome no Ko Buta - Production Area
Kaneyama Town, Mogami District, Yamagata - Management Body
Taisho Kinzan Ranch Co., Ltd. - Breed / Crossbreeding
Hypor / HypoDuroc (AI) - Meat Characteristics
Oleic acid approx. 2× standard pork; vitamin E approx. 4× standard pork. Finely textured, tender lean with refreshingly clean, mildly sweet fat. - Feed Characteristics
Base compound feed with 30% feed rice, whey, and bread scraps; liquefied and delivered via liquid feeding 8 times per day. - Shipping Age
155 days - Annual Production
Approx. 15,500 head/year - Signature Dish
Not specified - Certifications
Trademark registered: June 17, 2011
Farm HACCP: acquired March 9, 2018
JGAP: acquired January 10, 2020 - Related URLs
Kome no Ko Buta Official Site | Taisho Kinzan Ranch
Taisho Kinzan Ranch - Source
Brand Pork Guidebook 2026 p.47
Kome no Ko Buta Official Site
Taisho Kinzan Ranch
Last updated
June 21, 2026