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Not many people have the time or money to travel all around, to sample all the food and see all the festivals Japan has to offer. So what if you could do it all in one day, under one roof?
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The Furusato Matsuri is currently running at Tokyo Dome and this year is its 10th anniversary. The best food, and festival performances from Hokkaido to Okinawa have been selected to attend the event.
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The rows of food stalls allow you to hop from prefecture to prefecture, snapping up the local delicacies that take your fancy. Dishes range from the classic (think Hokkaido crab) to the more experimental like this taco soba, an interesting mix of two Okinawan dishes, soba and taco rice.
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Some yuruchara, Japan's always entertaining regional representative mascots were also in attendance for photo ops. These gatcha machines eject mascot related souvenirs and as usual Funassyi, the ever-popular Pear from Chiba, was over represented...
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Speaking of souvenirs, there are plenty available so you can take home some regional specialties, not just limited to food.
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Although it's hard to rip yourself away from the wondrous never ending ranks of food stalls, the main event is actually the festivals. The various regional performances are performed intermittently to a schedule, and the same ones are not performed every day. There's an English language app available from the website which may help you plan your visit.
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The most spectacular of these performances is the chance to see real floats from the Nebuta Matsuri of Aomori prefecture. Given that not everyone can make it to the wild north to see the real deal, this is a pretty good substitute. The towering, skillfully made laterns stole the show. Accompanied by music and dancing from the region, the creation lights up and is pushed around the limited stage area in a short demonstration of what can be expected at the festival itself.
If you're not a fan of fantastically detailed, massive lanterns, there were other impressive dance and music performances that normally you'd have no chance of seeing in the capital.
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The event runs every day until 21st January 2018 at Tokyo Dome. Weekday tickets are 1200 yen and weekend tickets are 1500 yen. A must for fans of Japanese traditional festivals and food lovers.