Held today, Saturday, March 29, Ozeki’s Sekijuan “Sakura Festival” is bustling～～
Here it is↓
It’s super lively～～～!!
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 3-5 Imazu Dezaikecho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
All kinds of vendor booths
Paid sake tasting
The sake available this time was:
- Sakuraji Junmai Daiginjo
- Osakaya Junmai Daiginjo
- Peach nigori sake
- Pineapple nigori sake
Believe it or not, each cup was just 100 yen～!
They were selling one after another～
Sake under the cherry blossoms really is the best～～
Yakiniku Kacchan🥩
From Yakiniku Kacchan, there were “Nakaochi Kalbi Beef Skewers”!
It’s nice that they come in two sizes, large and small～
Once I spot these at an event, I always end up ordering one～～!
Torikara Stand🍗
Torikara Stand, winner of the gold prize at the Karaage Grand Prix!
I’m curious about their “adult karaage,” too! It’s also great that they have coffee and shikuwasa soda～
Their gold prize-winning “Yasashii Tori no Karaage.” Each piece is big, tender, and seriously tasty～
The “torimeshi” has a lovely Japanese-style aroma, too～ Excellent! I want to eat it again!
Spice Curry Bomaye🍛
Spice Curry Bomaye from Imazu.
What they were selling was a collaboration curry with Ozeki: “Sake lees and niboshi dashi curry.”
The gentle sweetness of the sake lees and the Japanese-style umami of the dashi. The aroma of turmeric comes together with it all in a perfect balance!
SAN SAN POIRE’s muffins🧁
It’s a muffin specialty shop that opened in Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi～
The muffins came in three flavors: butter-rich, ripe banana, and chocolate.
They also had rusk versions of the muffin flavors～🙌
Rich butter with the gentle sweetness of banana. A comforting flavor🤗
They were selling miscellaneous goods, too～
Vegetables from “Yamada Nishiki no Yakata”
The vegetables were super popular! What a line!!
Vegetable lineup↓
Spinach, eggs, garland chrysanthemum, mini tomatoes, tomatoes, broccoli, wakegi scallions, nanohana, mizuna, shiitake mushrooms, ice plant
Available until sold out～
They even had sake lees paella～!
I bought strawberries and took them home～!
“Yamada Nishiki no Yakata” sweets, daifuku, bread, and other local specialties
There were two Yamada Nishiki no Yakata booths,
and this one was selling sweets, daifuku, bread, and more～. Gateau chocolat made with rice flour from the sake rice Yamada Nishiki sounds absolutely delicious～～
The “noshimochi kuromame” rice cakes had an unusual shape and looked interesting～! Since today is the Sakura Festival, they also had “sakura anpan.”
This is apparently shokupan made with Yamada Nishiki ginjo white miso～. I bet it smells wonderful～～
A quick look at the event
It’s Ozeki president Kuni-chan～～～
At the kagami-biraki ceremony: yoisho～! yoisho～!! yoisho～!!!
And now it begins!!
Everyone lined up for the complimentary sake～～
The cherry blossoms were in perfect full bloom!! So beautiful～～🌸
Shachomi is having some sake too～～
