In Nemuro City, Hokkaido, which boasts the highest catches of saury in Japan for 12 years in a row, the Nemuro pacific saury Festival, where people can enjoy seasonal saury, is held for the first time in three years.

The "Nemuro pacific saury Festival" is held every autumn when the saury catch is at its peak, but last year and the year before was canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and was held for the first time in three years on the 9th.



In recent years, the saury catch has been on a record low, but since the end of last month, there has been a slight upward trend in the catch, and about 4 tons of saury were prepared for this festival.



At the venue, a corner was set up where visitors could enjoy all-you-can-eat saury by purchasing a container and chopsticks for 100 yen, and visitors formed long lines.



When they received the saury, they grilled it over charcoal and carefully loosened their bodies to enjoy the seasonal flavors.



A 44-year-old woman in Nemuro City said, "I was looking forward to it because the festival was canceled. It's delicious to eat fine saury grilled over charcoal."



Toru Take, the chairman of the festival's executive committee, said, "We have prepared the best saury that is currently being caught. We want the 'saury town' to revitalize itself even a little."



The "Nemuro pacific saury Festival" is held at Nemuro Port until 2:30pm.

Tokyo "Meguro pacific saury Festival" will be held for the first time in three years

The "Meguro pacific saury Festival", where autumn's taste of saury is served, is also held for the first time in three years. .



The festival is based on the classic rakugo story "Meguro no pacific saury", and is held by local neighborhood associations and shopping districts. It has been held.



On the morning of the 9th, in the park at the venue, saury that had just arrived from Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, a friendship city, was grilled over charcoal, and families and others who made reservations in advance enjoyed the taste of autumn.



According to the organizer, due to the poor catch of saury, the number of saury prepared was only about 1,000, which is about one-fifth of the average year, and a lottery was held in advance to prevent the new corona.



A man in his 30s who visited with his wife said, "I'm happy to feel that the saury season has started this year. I hope it will be held next year even if the catch is poor."



A father in his 30s who visited with his 5-year-old and 7-year-old sons said, ``The price of saury has gone up, so there aren't many opportunities to eat it with the children. .