A surprising bunch type of mandarin orange. It has just the right amount of acidity, just the right amount of sweetness, and is easy to eat. You can enjoy that unshu mandarin orange all year round In modern times, "mandarin" usually refers to mandarin oranges. The name of the Japanese name Unshu Mikan is taken from Wenzhou City in Zhejiang Province, China, which is said to be the production area of nectar in the Three Kingdoms play, and it is said that it was named in the latter half of the Edo period. It seems to be derived from the popular belief that it is a variety that was sown in Japan with seeds imported from Onshu, but the origin of this species is thought to be Nagashima Island in the Satsuma region of Japan (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture). It was after the Meiji era that "mandarin" came to refer exclusively to unshu mandarin. In the Edo period, it was Citrus kinokuni, a small mandarin orange (Kishu nectar) that was smaller than this species, and it is said that it was the small mandarin orange that represented the "mandarin". By the way, what's the difference between oranges and tangerines? I think there are many people who think. Both tangerines and oranges are foods native to India and have been cultivated through Europe. On the other hand, tangerines were introduced to China from India and eventually entered Japan. From the perspective of today's Japan people, tangerines and oranges are completely different fruits in flavor, taste, and texture. I finished the tangerines dry.