For the first time in three years, Yamagata's autumn tradition of making huge imoni in a large pot, "Japan's Best Imoni Party," was held on the riverbed of Yamagata City.
The "Japan's No. 1 Imoni Party" is an event to make imoni, a local dish of Yamagata Prefecture, in a large pot with a diameter of 6 meters and 50 centimeters. has been canceled due to the novel coronavirus.
This year, it was held for the first time in three years after taking measures against infection, such as selling advance tickets and limiting the eating and drinking area.
At the venue, a large amount of ingredients such as 3 tons of taro and 3,500 long onions were prepared, and after the cooking staff mixed them with a ladle, two excavators scooped up about 30,000 meals of imoni one after another. .
A large number of people gathered in the eating and drinking area, enjoying the taste of imoni, which they ate on the riverbed for the first time in three years.
A 47-year-old self-employed man from Yamagata said, "I'm glad that it's finally being held. Eating imoni in the nature of the riverbed is exceptional."