Kanagawa Prefecture to hold food fair in Thailand

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Japanese meals is rising in popularity in Thailand. The variety of Japanese eating places in Thailand has already exceeded 5,000. Numerous kinds of Japanese meals are bought at retail meals shops and supermarkets, together with each imported and regionally made.

Kanagawa Prefecture has determined to carry a Kanagawa Truthful with a particular meals sales space on the Siam Takashimaya division retailer in Bangkok from February 9-15 to assist meals firms in Kanagawa which want to broaden their gross sales channel to Thailand.

Kanagawa is particularly well-known for contemporary fish and all kinds of agricultural merchandise as a result of it’s surrounded by the ocean and mountains. Odawara has had a thriving fishing business for the reason that Edo interval (1603-1868) due to its proximity to Sagami Bay.

The prefecture additionally promotes high-quality meals below the “Kanagawa Model.” One product deliberate on the market on the meals honest is Odawara Kamaboko, which is a specialty of Odawara within the western a part of Kanagawa. Kamaboko is constituted of steamed fish mince paste, which is deep-fried or eaten as an ingredient in oden. Odawara kamaboko has a luster and advantageous texture.

Odawara Kamaboko Picture: Kanagawa Prefectural Authorities

Different merchandise on the market embrace quite a lot of processed meals resembling gummies and jellies constituted of the juice of mandarin oranges referred to as Shonan Gold, that are thought-about extraordinarily uncommon fruit and never usually bought in supermarkets. One other product is kimchi made by kimchi artisans, which is a Kawasaki metropolis native speciality. It has been launched lots in Japanese media.

All kinds of merchandise can be on sale on the Kanagawa Meals Truthful, a lot of which haven’t been obtainable in Thailand, and till now have solely been obtainable in Japan. We hope readers in Japan and Thailand will take this chance to go to the honest.