The annual Hokkaido Food Fair, featuring gourmet products from Hokkaido, has opened at Okayama Takashimaya. A total of 58 vendors are participating across the first session and the second session, offering approximately 1,000 items centered on bento and sweets. The fair runs through 13 October.
The annual Hokkaido Food Fair, featuring gourmet products from Hokkaido, has opened at Okayama Takashimaya in Honmachi, Kita-ku, Okayama City. The fair offers approximately 1,000 items, centered on local specialties such as scallops and corn, along with bento and sweets, and families and other visitors are enjoying their shopping. The first session runs through 6 September and the second session from 7 September to 13 October, with a total of 58 vendors participating.
Featured products include bento generously topped with scallops and crab (¥4,590), grilled scallop skewers (¥1,620 per skewer), croquettes made with corn from Biei (¥486 each) and a three-flavor soft-serve set (¥1,320).
The fair also offers the classic confectionery Shiroi Koibito, beef-steak bento and dairy products, as well as eat-in areas for ramen and sushi.
Visitors said they enjoyed the gathering of ingredients unique to Hokkaido, with some expressing a preference for the corn-flavored soft-serve. Opening hours are 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (6:15 p.m. on the 6th and 4:00 p.m. on the final day).