第9回 ご当地鍋フェスティバル＠日比谷公園

This outdoor festival is all about one thing: Japanese hotpot! Also called the "Gotochi Nabe Festival," every year hotpot lovers gather in Hibiya Park to try local varieties of hotpot from all over Japan, all in one place. There are also plenty of other tasty drinks and snacks, and visitors can even enjoy some fun performances, making it a perfect way to celebrate the cool weather that autumn has brought to Tokyo.

In Japan, they say that fall weather gives you an appetite, and you'll want to make sure to arrive with an empty stomach to try as many of the nabe dishes as you can. Past festival offerings have included rich soups of spiny lobster in miso broth from Mie Prefecture, decadent pots filled with flavorful duck meat from Niigata Prefecture, meaty stews made with Yamagata beef and hunks of tasty tubers from up north, and many more local recipes that make use of the most delicious ingredients found around Japan.