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Japanese Startup Brings Wasabi Farming to Shipping Containers
In a shipping container parked next to Macnica’s headquarters in Yokohama, an innovative revolution in Japanese agriculture is taking root.
Inside the 40-foot steel box, 1,800 premium wasabi plants thrive under LED lights, nourished by circulating purified water and monitored by AI-powered sensors.
This isn’t a futuristic concept. It’s a solution to a very real crisis threatening one of Japan’s most iconic flavors.

