Japan Dairy Farming. Modern dairy farming was known to have originated from three white cows imported by Yoshimune Tokugawa 8th Shogun of Tokugara in 1727 Kyoho 12 Edo era which were bred in Mineoka farm of Awanogo Chiba pref present quot Hakugyuraku quot which was made with milk produced there by adding sugar boiling and drying was