Tajima cattle

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Tajima cattle (但馬牛, Tajima-ushi or Tajima-gyu^?) is one of the types of black Wagyu cattle in Japan. Many tajima cattle are born in Hyōgo Prefecture and raised as stock for famous beef such as Kobe beef and Matsuzaka beef.

Tajima cattle has been fed from old times in Tajima Province. In the Shoku Nihongi, it is written that “The Tajima-ushi is fit to cultivate the fields, to carry burdens and to eat.” In ancient times, people fed tajima-ushi in their own houses.

[edit] See also

• Wagyu
• Kobe beef
• Matsuzaka beef

[edit] External links

• (Japanese)Tajima-ushi (JA Tajima)