Every autumn, Japan’s largest imoni-kai, or imoni soup social gathering, is held in Yamagata City. At the middle of the celebration is a 4-ton, 6.5-meter-wide pot that holds sufficient soup to feed 30,000 folks.
For greater than a century, imoni soup events have been held within the Yamagata Prefecture to have a good time the altering of seasons from summer season to autumn. Always cooked outdoors, these soups even have one defining ingredient, taro root, generally known as satoimo in Japanese.
We visited the most important imoni soup social gathering in Yamagata City to see how the imoni is ready in such massive batches.
Japanese lawmakers dial up digital reform in Diet
News On Japan – Nov 30
As Japan’s parliament inches in the direction of digitalization, this week eliminating stenographers from the Upper House, smartphones are nonetheless banned whereas laptops are permitted, spurring bipartisan members to take motion.
US navy plane carrying six crashes off Japan
NHK – Nov 30
A US Osprey navy plane carrying six folks on board has crashed into the waters off southwestern Japan. One particular person is confirmed lifeless. A rescue effort by the Japanese coast guard is underway.
Data breach sees LINE lose 440,000 gadgets
News On Japan – Nov 27
LINE Yahoo introduced on Monday that roughly 440,000 gadgets of non-public data could have been leaked, though there have been no studies of the info being misused.
Montenegro’s new prime minister is Saitama University graduate
News On Japan – Nov 27
Miloiko Spajić, who turned the Prime Minister of Montenegro final month, studied for 4 years as a world pupil within the Faculty of Economics at Saitama University and graduated in March 2012, it has been revealed.
Kyoto stuns with ‘sea of autumn leaves’
News On Japan – Nov 25
Tofukuji Temple, dwelling to 2,000 maple timber and famend as one in all Kyoto’s premier autumn hotspots, options the Tsutenkyo Bridge, and the breathtaking ‘sea of autumn leaves’.
Japan’s rich taxpayers’ undeclared earnings hits file excessive
News On Japan – Nov 24
The quantity of undeclared earnings by rich folks in Japan has reached a file excessive of 98 billion yen, among the many worst offenders being scrap gold wholesalers, breeders and yakiniku eating places, the National Tax Agency introduced on Friday.
Tourists flock to Kyoto’s autumn hotspots
News On Japan – Nov 23
As Kyoto’s autumn foliage reaches its peak, swarms of vacationers have converged on the traditional capital, captivated by gorgeous shows like Wednesday night’s illumination at Kiyomizu Temple.