Takko Machi Beef and Garlic Festival!

I went up to Takko Machi with some friends because there was a festival going on.  The festival was mainly to celebrate “garlic.” That’s right, “garlic.” Takko Machi is actually one of the world’s top three garlic distributors.  They also have their very own Garlic Queen as you will see in the photos below.  At this event, they had a visiting Garlic Queen from one of the other two major cities, Gilroy, California.  The queens performed on stage, mostly just singing.  Something notable about the queen from California was that she sang like she was in a Disney movie.

Needless to say, the garlic was great at this festival.  They had an open roast of an entire cow, yes, an ENTIRE COW.  It was being roasted over an open flame.  By the time we arrived there, half the cow had been cut up and portioned out already for consumption.  It was 500JPY a slice!  I couldn’t wait that long, so I went to the other BBQ tables and bought a pre-made package of beef and vegetables.  Aside from the windy conditions at first, the BBQ went well.

Among the many performances, there were two that stood out the most.  One was the local cultural dances.  The second was the Misawa Air Base Line Dancing team.  In any case, enjoy the pictures!