Nakadomari Katsuhama Festival 2016

Nakadomari Katsuhama Festival 2016
中泊活ハマまつり (Nakadomari Katsuhama Matsuri)

A festival celebrating the fresh seafood of Natsudomari with fresh seafood sales, various performances and activities!

Date: Sunday September 4, 2016
Time: 10:00～
Location: Kodomari Fishing Harbor (Omatsuri Hiroba) 小泊漁港内（お祭り広場）(map)
Admission: Free
Events/Attractions:

• 9:55～ Opening Mascot Character Dance Show
• 10:00～ Opening Ceremony
• 10:00～ Fish & Shijimi Clam Sales
• 10:10～ Yosakoi Performance
• 10:30～ Live Squid Fishing
• 10:30～ Free Food Samples
  (Ikameshi Squid Stuffed w/ Rcice & Shijimi Clam Soup)
• 10:30～ & 12:30～ Kodomari Gogensaki Cruise (approx. 1 hr)
  
  Cost: Adults: 1000yen; Children (ES & Younger): 500yen
  Registration: 10:00～ (first come, first served)
• 11:00～ Mozuku Seaweed Speed Eating Competition
  (Who can eat the most in within 5 min.?)
• 11:30～ Turbo Operculum* Spitting Contest
  (*turbo = type of sea snail, operculum = "foot" thing that blocks the entrance to the shell)
• 12:00～ Bluefin Tuna on Rice Sales
• 13:00～ Comedian Nakayamkinni-kun Entertainment Show
• 14:00～ Sale of Bluefin Tuna for Sashimi

Competition Registration:
(See translated form below)

Cost: Free Maximum Participants: 20 per competition (first come, first served)
Age Restrictions:
• Turbo Operculum Spitting Contest: Elementary School Students & Older
• Mozuku Seaweed Speed Eating Competition: High School Students & Older

Kodomari Fishing Harbor 小泊漁港
Ōyamanagane-128 Kodomari (青森県北津軽郡中泊町小泊大山長根１２８)
Nakadomari Town, Kitatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture 037-0300


More Information:
Aomori Sightseeing Guide aptinet (Japanese): http://www.aptinet.jp/Detail_display_00006748.html