Sea and Japan Project Public Relations Office The more you know, the more delicious the sea is. Special products from 47 prefectures and Tokyo’s “first” landing gourmet appear “Umi no Gochiso Festival”!

Sea and Japan Project Public Relations Office
The more you know, the more delicious the sea is. Special products from 47 prefectures and Tokyo’s “first” landing gourmet appear “Umi no Gochiso Festival”!
October 8th (Sat) and 9th (Sun), 2022-Ariake Garden, Tokyo-

General Incorporated Association Sea and Food Culture Forum will hold “Umi no Gochiso Festival” at Ariake Garden, Tokyo on October 8th and 9th, prior to the period of Umi no Gochiso Week (October 10th to 16th). increase. This event is part of the “Nippon Foundation ‘Sea and Japan Project'” that connects people through the sea.
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With the main message, “The more you know, the more delicious the sea is,” this is an event that provides information about the sea and an opportunity to think about the future of the sea. On the 8th (Sat), we invited Koritake Suzuki, the “Fish Prince of Reiwa”, to give an opening talk with the theme of the main message “The more you know, the more delicious the sea is.” On both days of the 9th (Sunday), in the “Umi no Gochiso Kitchen” area, you can enjoy 11 dishes from 8 regions that were developed with the aim of solving regional ocean issues with “food” and spreading them throughout Japan. increase. In areas other than Hakodate, only gourmet food that has landed in Tokyo for the first time can be enjoyed in Tokyo only during the Umi no Gochiso Festival. In addition, we will provide a time to get close to the sea with the “Feast of the Sea”, such as a stage program that conveys the present and future of the sea.
Umi no Gochiso Festival Official Website: https://shoku.uminohi.jp/gochiso-fes/ Event overview
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Umi no Gochiso Marche (Mall 2F Central Atrium Plaza)
We sell marine products and special products related to the sea from all 47 prefectures, from Hokkaido to Okinawa.
There are also many unique collaboration products born from the “Umi to Nihon Project” project.
Staff from each region will be stationed at the booth to introduce the features and stories of the products.
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Umi no Gochiso Kitchen (1F Sports Entertainment Square)
Food trucks sell take-out seafood menus developed from local sea issues. Local gourmets that can only be eaten here in the Kanto region, such as Hakodate yellowtail salt ramen and Oma hokke dog, are gathered here.
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Sea feast stage (1F sports entertainment plaza)
● Saturday, October 8
11:00-11:45
opening event
Mr. Kaori Suzuki, the “Fish Prince of Reiwa,” will be invited to give an opening talk on the theme of the main message, “The more you know, the more delicious the sea is.” In addition, we will announce a menu developed by a top chef using the theme ingredients of high school students who won the “Sea Treasure Academic Contest 2021” (sponsored by Hokkaido University Graduate School of Fisheries Science)! [Image 4
13:15-14:00
“Feast of the Sea Quiz Contest Part 1
Travel across Japan! Sea feast live broadcast quiz competition” A quiz competition for elementary school students. A quiz on “the sea and food issues” will be given from each area by connecting the three areas of Hokkaido, Shimane, and Kagoshima. If you answer three quizzes in a row for each region correctly, you will receive a gift of sea food sold at “Umi no Gochiso Kitchen”.
*Numbered tickets will be distributed from 12:00 on Saturday, October 8 at the event general reception in front of the Ariake Garden Gallery (first 30 people).
15:00-16:00
“DAIWA presents
Culinary researcher Sawako Horie x Editor-in-Chief of Living Nista Hiroko Ishibashi crosstalk”
Various issues, including the sea, have become a hot topic on a daily basis. Therefore, we will tell you what we can do in our daily lives and the importance of knowing environmental changes such as the sea through nature experiences.
●October 9th (Sun)
11:00-11:45
Sea Recipes x Aigo Isoyaki – Video Watch & Talk
A talk event with guests who are active in the sea about the issues of rabbitfish and isoyake. The recipe project of the sea will tell you about the “current state of the sea” that has been seen and heard and written in articles.
13:00-13:45
“Feast of the Sea Quiz Contest Part 2
Participate in parent and child! Sea feast trivia quiz competition” A quiz competition for parents and children of elementary school students. Each region’s “sea feast trivia” is presented in a quiz format. Those with excellent grades will receive gift certificates that can be used at the Umi no Gochiso Marche.
* Numbered tickets will be distributed at the event general reception in front of the Ariake Garden Gallery at 12:00 on Sunday, October 9 (first 20 groups).
14:00-15:00
“LOCAL FISH CAN Grand Prix 2022” Activities Introduction
The “LOCAL FISH CAN Grand Prix” is a competition in which high school students from all over the country use LOCAL FISH (=problem fish) to develop and compete in original canned food that solves the problems of the local sea. We will introduce canned fish developed by high school students in collaboration with the local community, with attention paid not only to the taste but also to the packaging. Umi no Gochiso Academy (1F Ariake Garden Gallery)
“Nippon Sabakeru Juku x Sushi Choshimaru” where you can learn about the sea from the experience of slicing fish
Using horse mackerel that you cut yourself, you can make the only nigiri-zushi in the world. A place of learning where you can feel a connection with the sea and learn about the changes that are currently occurring in the sea through cutting fish.
*Pre-registration required for participation
Others (1F Ariake Garden Gallery)
Sea and Japan Project Collaboration Booth
・Experience and sell umami taste of soup stock (NPO Rito Keizai Shimbun) ・Sales of canned food developed by high school students at the “LOCAL FISH CAN Grand Prix 2022”
・ Acceptance of sakana bacca collaboration campaign planning ・Public recording of fish-eating radio program “JUNK FISH!”
Sea feast program completion commemorative event
An event will be held to commemorate the completion of the program that introduces the story of the sea and food that is behind our dining table and becomes more delicious the more you know it. We will serve a menu using the two ingredients that appear in the program. Venue map
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-Organization Profile-
Organization name: General Incorporated Association Sea and Food Culture Forum URL: https://shoku.uminohi.jp/
Activities: With the aim of expanding the circle of action to solve ocean problems, we will focus on ocean education from the perspective of food culture, learn about the relationship between the ocean and people, and learn about the benefits and future of the ocean. We will carry out various projects to deepen our understanding of the issues of
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The Nippon Foundation “Sea and Japan Project”
The sea supports the lives of Japanese people in various ways, and sometimes gives us peace of mind, excitement, and inspiration. This is an all-Japan project in which children and people all over the country see the current state of environmental deterioration in the sea as something that belongs to them, and spread the circle of action to pass on the sea to the future. is.
https://uminohi.jp/

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