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Takemitsu-chan — A-4 Fullblood Kuroge Wagyu from Takeda Farm, Hokkaido

MeetTakemitsu-chan

Takeda Farm · A-4 · Ships nationwide, frozen

Takemitsu-chan (たけみつちゃん) is a Japanese Fullblood Kuroge Wagyu cow raised at Takeda Farm in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. She was fed local Japanese hay (a rarity amongst Wagyu farms, since Japan rarely has the space to grow its own hay) and lived in a spacious barn with the beautiful Daisetsuzan mountain range in the distance.

Preorder now · Ships frozen nationwide

5 boxes · from $175

Takemitsu-chan (cow) with Matt (Peak Wagyu) and Ellie Takeda (Takeda Farm)

Matt and Ellie with Takemitsu-chan

24 months old
Raised slowly and with care for health and quality, Takemitsu-chan was slaughtered at 24 months: longer than Angus cows but earlier than traditional Wagyu, for quality of life.
A-4
Officially graded by the Japanese Meat Grading Association after slaughter, with high marks in yield, quality, and color and with a balance of fat (BMS 6).
No antibiotics
Just local Hokkaido hay, snowmelt from the Daisetsuzan mountain range, space, and time.

Takemitsu-chan is available to purchase now: pick your peak!

To honor the whole animal, we've portioned cuts from across the cow into five boxes, each named for a peak in the Daisetsuzan mountain range behind Takeda Farm.

旭岳

The Asahidake Medley Box

4 left

Our flagship: the prime trio of ribeye, NY strip and filet leading a whole-cow tour of Japan's most prized cuts.

$2,50021.0 lb · 16 cutsShips free

Every premium cutfeat. prime trio
  • rib×6
  • loin×4
  • chuck×3
  • plate×1
  • brisket×1
  • shank×1

白雲岳

The Hakuundake Medley Box

8 left

A butcher's tour across the cow: NY strip, zabuton, boneless short rib and a buttery kaburi rib cap, down to brisket sankaku and osso buco.

$1,00010.0 lb · 10 cutsShips free

feat. ribeye
  • rib×4
  • loin×1
  • chuck×2
  • round×1
  • brisket×1
  • shank×1

トムラウシ

The Tomuraushi Medley Box

9 left

Premium steak night for the table: NY strip, marbled zabuton, a sirloin-tip tri-tip and a sankaku-bara steak.

$5004.8 lb · 5 cutsShips free

Best first boxfeat. striploin
  • rib×1
  • loin×2
  • chuck×2

黒岳

The Kurodake Medley Box

15 left

Our everyday box: a chuck eye steak, lean bottom round, thin-sliced misuji, and short-rib stew cubes for a slow-cooked night.

$2002.7 lb · 4 cuts

feat. short rib
  • rib×1
  • chuck×2
  • round×1

十勝岳

The Tokachidake BBQ Box

14 left

A night at the grill: thin-sliced clod, plate karubi, shikinbou and top round for the tabletop, made to share.

$1753.1 lb · 4 cuts

  • chuck×1
  • round×2
  • plate×1

肉屋

The Butcher's Counter

Shop individual cuts à la carte — everyday steaks, grill slices, braising cuts and showpiece roasts. No box required.

starting from$30

  • Steak Night
  • Grill / Yakiniku
  • Stews & Smokin'

Shipping

We ship nationwide (continental US) — preorder now, and your box ships frozen with dry ice on Tuesday, July 21, with delivery of all preorders by Friday, July 24.

Carcass grading

Grade
A-4
BMS
6
Breed
Kuroge Washu (Japanese Black)
Sex
Female
Carcass Weight
468.2 kg
Ribeye area
51 cm²
Rib thickness
7.7 cm
Graded Date
2026-03-02
Graded At
Himeji (JMGA)
Producer
Takeda Co. ((株)タケダ)
Carcass #
3469
Individual ID
1493019197
A plated Wagyu dish, styled and ready to serve
A curious Kuroge Wagyu cow leaning in close, nose to the camera, in the Hokkaido snow
It's sad to think that your cow, that you are raising every day with love, is going to be shipped out; I always cry when the cow goes on the truck. On the other hand, it's a baton. A baton of life from the cow. We each have to eat to live. Even plants, fish, vegetables, they are living. Everything that we eat was living. We receive the baton of life. So we have to live our life to the fullest. Let's be happy that we can eat, and be grateful for all the food, and the people who are raising it. Please think about this as you are eating.
— Ellie Takeda

Takemitsu-chan's NY Strips

Grilled over live fire at the Peak Wagyu launch dinner
Wagyu steaks searing side by side on a flat-top plancha over open flame, smoke rising
A seared Wagyu steak carved to reveal a rosy, medium-rare interior on a wooden board
A cook in a denim apron flipping a Wagyu steak over billowing smoke on a live-fire grill
Wagyu steaks searing on a flat-top over open flame, a cook turning one with tongs
TakedaFamily Farm

Takeda Farm sits at the foot of the Daisetsuzan mountain range in Hokkaido. With their 30+ years of experience in Wagyu genetics and the intense winter of Hokkaido, they raise well loved cows and beef of the highest quality.

Takeda Farm's Wagyu

After 30 years of pioneering Wagyu genetics and veterinary practices for farms across Hokkaido, Takeda Farms established their own ranching operation in 2022, and are proud to send their Wagyu off to America, marking the first availability of their beef outside of Japan.
Tomoko-san, a friendly older Japanese woman, presenting the viewer with a beautiful ribeye
Tomoko-san, a friendly older Japanese woman, looking off to the right
The Batonof Life

Ellie's father, Tetsuo, spent his career teaching Wagyu embryo transfer to farms across Hokkaido before starting his own herd — just six cows — at the base of the Daisetsuzan mountains. He earned his veterinarian's license, raised his family, and built what is now Takeda Farm, one relationship at a time.

He's since passed. Ellie and her mother, Tomoko-san, run the farm together now.

Matt and Ellie Takeda walking together across the snowy farm

Matt and Ellie at the farm

Tomoko-san ladling soup over a charcoal grill in the snow

Tomoko-san, who runs the farm with Ellie

Just like with embryo transfer, my father's work was preserving the cattle's genetics — passing the baton of life. So I want to somehow take that baton from him, and do my best to carry it on to what comes next.
— Ellie Takeda

It's why Ellie says she's stopped apologizing to the animals she raises:

I've stopped saying “I'm sorry” and started saying “thank you.” Receiving a life means passing the baton of life.
— Ellie Takeda
Ellie greeting one of the cows in the barn at Takeda Farm
Takeda Farm cows gathered at the fence
Locally grown Japanese hay, a rarity among Wagyu farms
Cows out in the Hokkaido snow through the long winter

Raised with love

Feed
Ellie uses Hokkaido-grown hay, oats, and rice bran from Asahikawa-grown mochi barley. Local hay is rare among Wagyu farms; Japan rarely has the space to grow its own. Ellie calls this the "secret recipe."
Bedding
Hokkaido-grown barley straw.
Water
Snowmelt from the Daisetsuzan mountain range.

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Asahi-dake, the tallest mountain in Hokkaido, which sits behind Takeda farm to the east.