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Tasaku Hifumi
- September 16, 1945
- starts beekeeping business at Sukegawa Bee Farm in Aomori Prefecture.
- September 30, 1949
- founds Hifumi Apiary
- September 30, 1950
- moves to Tateyama
- 1952
- becomes a member of the board of directors of Chiba Prefecture Beekeeping Association
- 1972
- serves Awa District Chairman of Chiba Prefecture Beekeeping Association.
- 1988
- Vice chairman of Chiba Prefecture Beekeeping Association
- 1998
- Chairman of Chiba Prefecture Beekeeping Association
- 2004
- a member of the board of directors of Chiba Prefecture Beekeeping Association.
- 2008
- Adviser of Chiba Prefecture Beekeeping Association
Awards
- November 3, 1993
- commended by Governor of Chiba Prefecture (as a person of merit in Agriculture and Forestry Field)
- February 21, 1995
- commended by the Chairman of Japan Beekeeping Association (for promotion of apiary)
- November 3, 1993
- commended by the Mayor of Tateyama City (as a person of merit in instructing disaster measure)
- November 2, 1999
- commended by the Mayor of Tateyama City (as a person of merit in security instruction at the city’s 60th anniversary.
- September 12, 2003
- designated as “Master of the Forest” (by Foresty Agency).
- January 20, 2004
- commended by Chairman of Chiba Prefecture Beekeeping Association
- April 29, 2006
- receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
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Media Coverage
- January 1961
- appears on NHK TV news

- April issue,1963
- article in monthly magazine Shufu_to-Seikatsu
- March 1964
- article “Take more honey. Sweet source of nutrition” in Mainichi Newspaper
- February 1968
- appears on NHK “Topics from Town to Town: Living with Honey Bees”
- March 1969
- article “Hello Spring” in Nihon Keizai Shimbun Newspaper.
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- article “Gipsy Family of Bees” in Sankei Newspaper.
- June 1973
- article “Wondering Honey Bees” in Tokyo Newspaper
- February 1974
- appears on ChibaTV “Hiru no Hitotoki”
- March
- appears on NHK “Anata ni Chosen”
- February 1977
- article “Seeking Flowers from North to South” in New Life
- 1978
- appears on Fuji TV “Ogawa Hiroshi Show”
- March
- article in “Beekeeping Today in Japan” Kokin Shoin
- May
- article in “Kagaku Land”, Sekai Bunka Sha
- December
- company visit from French Embassy
- March 1979
- article “Unusually Warm Winter Influences Honey Bee Communities” in Asahi Newspaper
- February 1980
- article “Honey Bee Heaven” in Asahi Newspaper
- April
- appears on TV asahi “Women’s 60 Minutes”
- December
- appears on Chiba TV “Rich Life”
- February 1983
- helps research on industries in Chiba Prefecture at Prefectural Tateyama High School
- March
- article “Take a Look at Everything” in Asahi Children’s Newspaper
- March
- article “Spring Smells” in Asahi Newspaper
- February 1984
- article “Wintering Honey Bees” in Mainichi Newspaper
- April 1984
- article in magazine “Be-Pal”
- June 1984
- appears on Fuji TV “Hirake Pon-kikki” with Gachapin
- November 1984
- receives Letter of Thanks from Tokyo Electric Power Company for removing wasp nests.
- February 1985
- appears on NHK weather report with announcer Yoko Sakurai
- April
- article in “Honey Bee Journal” by Professor Kazuji Okada, Tamagawa University
Agriculture Department
- August
- article in “Man’s Folklore” by Kei Endo, Kaya Shobo
- March 1986
- appears on TV “Visit Spring in Boso” with Megumi Asaoka
- January 1987
- appears on TBS TV “Hot Morning” with Shinosuke Tachikawa
- February
- article “Minamiboso, the Land of Everlasting Spring”, in New Life
- February
- article in “Country Living Folklore” by Kei Endo, Kaya Shobo
- February
- appears on TV “Returning Home, Boso” with Takeo Chii
- April
- appears on TV Asahi “Tonight” on TV Asahi with Midori Satsuki
- April
- article “Hello Spring” on Nihon Keizai Newspaper
- November 1988
- article on Tooku Nippo Newspaper
- March 1989
- appears on NHK Educational “I Love Nature” with the puppet Daichan
- November
- appears on NHK radio live from Iwai Bee House with announcer Fujio Kariya
- March 1991
- appears on Fuji TV Supertime “Messenger of Spring”
- March
- appears on TV “Archipelago of Nature, Boso Flower Road”
- March
- NHK High vision TV shooting
- February 1992
- appears on TV Asahi “Tonight” with film director Shinya Yamamoto
- April 1993
- article “Preserving the Local Delicacy” on Chiba Nippo Newspaper
- February 1996
- appears on TV Tokyo “Dream Trip : Flower Messages from Minamiboso” with Tomiyuki Kunihiro
- April
- appears on TV “Wonderful Nature : Flowers and Busy Honey Bees”
- March 1997
- appears on TV Asahi “Traveling Boso”
- April
- appears on TV “Adventure Full Course, Boso Full Course” with Rumi Sakakibara and Kei Matsushita
- February 1998
- appears on Fuji TV “Exciting Trip” with Nana Kinomi
- February
- appears on TV Tokyo “Have Fun in the Morning” with announcers Hitomi Wakahara and Ikeya
- March
- article “Honey Bees in Awa” in Chiba Keizai Quarterly
- March
- appears on TV Asahi “Spring Wind : Two Travelers on Boke Van” with Toru Watanabe
- March 2000
- appears on TV “Spring Journey on Train” with Nobuko Tsutsumi
- March
- appears on TBS TV “Hanamaru Market”
- April
- appears on TV “Beautiful People and Beautiful Journey : Snow in Spring”
- February 2001
- appears on TV Asahi “Song of Gods, Sound of Spring”
- April 2002
- appears on NHK News “Genki Live” with announcer Naoko Irita
- April 2004
- appears on Fuji TV “Motodoru Three Girls” with Ikue Sakakibara, Mami Yamase, and Miyuki Imori
- April 2005
- appears on NHK “Hot Morning” with Akemi Masuda
- May
- appears on TV Asahi “Discoverying Japan” with Chizuru Azuma
- June 2007
- appears on CS TV Disney Video “Pooh’s Honey Gathering”
- Spring 1993
- Bee house visit by Ibaragi Prefecture Beekeeping Association
- Spring
- Bee house visit by Shizuoka Prefecture Beekeeping Association
- November 1994
- Bee house visit by Saitama Prefecture Beekeeping Association
- November
- Bee house visit by Nagano Prefecture Beekeeping Association
Reiko Ogata
- 1978
- starts working at Hifumi Apiary
- 2008
- becomes a member of the board of directors of Chiba Prefecture Beekeeping Association
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