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Nihon-Ichi no Imoni-kai Festival (Japan's Number One taro stew festival)
Location Yamagata City, Mamigasaki-gawa (river) Kasenjiki (riverside)
Date first Sunday in September
Access 5 min. by car from Yamagata-Zao I.C.
Other Information Enough "imoni" (taro and beef stew) to feed 30,000 people is prepared in a 6 meter diameter pot. Along with servings of imoni, there are booths selling local specialties and goods. Yearly attendance is estimated at about 130,000 people.
Inquiries to
Executive Committee Office TEL023(622)0141
http://www.y-yeg.jp/imoni/
Last Update August 16, 2007

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