We support "Tohoku Rokutama Festival 2012" again this year!
~ Deliver cheering messages with "ear car" ~
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- We support "Tohoku Rokutama Festival 2012" again this year!
April 26, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Nex-area Company Limited
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), in the service area (SA) and parking area (PA), there are various revitalization efforts under the slogan "HEARTLINK NIPPON-Tsunago, Kokoro. We are making efforts.
NEXCO EAST will support the Tohoku Rokutama Festival 2012, where the six major festivals of the Tohoku region will be held together again this year.
On the day of the event, we will exhibit our booth at Morioka Castle Ruins Park.
At the booth, the talent Maggie Judge (from Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture) will introduce the support messages for the disaster areas collected from various parts of East Japan by "ear car".
In addition, fried chicken and flank served with a special sauce developed by a famous chef of "Superman Chef Club", "Michinoku Rokuken Man" (meat bun) etc. that was popular at our SA/PA last season. We will sell it and donate a part of the proceeds as a donation for the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Please come to our booth. At the Tohoku Rokutama Festival, please go to the Tohoku region for this summer's main festival. NEXCO EAST SA/PA prepares various events and looks forward to your visit.
"Tohoku Rokutama Festival 2012"
Holding date and time:
Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:00-18:00 (tentative)
27th (Sun) 10:00 to 17:00 (tentative)
Venue:
Chuo-dori, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture / Morioka Castle Ruins Park (Iwate Park)
Sponsor:
Tohoku Rokutama Festival Executive Committee
Aomori City/Akita City/Morioka City/Yamagata City/Sendai City/Fukushima City/Aomori Nebuta Festival Executive Committee/Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee/Morioka Sansa Dance Executive Committee/Yamagata Prefecture Hanagasa Council/Sendai Tanabata Festival Sponsorship/Fukushima Waraji Festival Executive Committee
About "ear car"
"Ear Car" is a car with huge ears (maximum width 140 cm height 210 cm 3D modeling) with built-in IC recorder. Since March, we have been gathering support messages and voices from the disaster area while visiting SA/PA. This time, we would like to convey the messages of everyone gathered so far to the "Tohoku Rokutama Festival" venue.
In addition, the schedule of "Ear Car" and some of the messages you put in "Ear Car" are on our website dedicated site ( http://sapa.driveplaza.com/sapa/hln/mimicar.html ) And radio.
About Superman Chef Club
A group of chefs who seeks and advocates the creation of a completely new food culture, with the two major themes of "interaction among chefs across genres" and "food education activities".
Now that the environment and information surrounding food tend to be disturbed, we will pursue "food education" by seriously considering the importance of eating again as a chef, and at the same time, by exchanging information between chefs, the new ingredients We are also challenging the possibilities of undiscovered cuisine, such as excavation, cooking methods, and cooking development.
Chojin Chef Club official website
Introduction of upcoming chefs
Masaharu Nakajima (Japanese cuisine)
The owner chef of "Shinjuku Restaurant Nakajima". Born in 1956. My grandfather is the first chef of "Hoshioka Saryo", headed by Kitaoji Rozan. After training in Kyoto, he inherited his father's mark and became the second owner of "Shinjuku Kappo Nakajima" in 1980.
He has received numerous awards including master craftsmen from Edo. In 2005, at the event of Japan-EU citizen exchange and the 50th anniversary of Japan-Italy cultural exchange, a ceremony and a workshop will be held in Rome. Many media appearances such as NHK "Asaichi" "Today's cuisine" TV Tokyo "Ladies 4". He has written many books, and recently wrote "There is a trick! 230 yen family rice".
Miyuki Igarashi (Chinese)
The owner chef of Chinese food "Miyu". Major appearances include NHK "Today's Cuisine" and TBS "Hanamaru Market".
Helping a Chinese restaurant opened by my father since I was a child, I entered the kitchen in earnest after graduating from high school.
At the age of 22, he challenged Tetsujin, Kenichi, as the youngest challenger at the time, “Tetsu no Tetsujin”. Playing a close battle, the name of "Chinese cuisine world" became famous.