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2023 Edition] Hokkaido's Tastes Galore! 20 Hokkaido Gourmet Events to Enjoy Autumn to the Fullest
Autumn is the season of appetite in Hokkaido! Here are 20 recommended gourmet events in various regions of Hokkaido, perfect for enjoying the harvest season.
Tokachi Marche (Obihiro City)
( 2) The 36th Mibuka Furusato Autumn Festival (Mibuka Town )
3. the 74th Kurashi Fun Festival (Higashikawa Town )
4. the 27th Honbetsu Kirameki Town Festival 2023 (Honbetsu Town )
5. "Chick-fil-A Gourmet Circus 2023" (Hakodate City)
6. Hokuhoku Festival in Makkari 2023 (Makari Village) 7.
SAPPORO Autumn Fest 2023 (Sapporo )
Kita no Megumi Eating Marche 2023 (Asahikawa )
Iwamizawa Hyakumochi Festival (Iwamizawa City )
10. rusutsu resort good food festival (rusutsu village)
11. 38th Hamamasu Furusato Festival (Ishikari City )
12. 39th Nakagawa Autumn Flavor Festival/32nd Hokkaido Log Pushing Sumo Tournament (Nakagawa Town )
13. 47th Kashiwabayashi Park Festival (Taiki Town )
14. >48th Atsuta Furusato Aki Aji Festival (Ishikari City)
15. 58th Ishikari Salmon Festival (Ishikari City)
16. 16th Tsurui Village Furusato Festival (Tsurui Village)
17. 38th More Horsepower Dasube Festival (Okito Town )
18. 42nd Shikaoi-cho Furusato Industry Festival (Shikaoi-cho )
19 . 20th Urausu Botan Soba Harvest Festival in Urausu (Urausu Town )
20 . 20th Shintoku New Soba Festival (Shintoku Town )
1 Tokachi Marche (Obihiro City )
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This popular event is held in the vicinity of JR Obihiro Station as a meeting place for makers and buyers, featuring foods and dishes made from Tokachi's rich produce. On September 1 (Fri.) and 2 (Sat.), the Night Marché will be held at the North Exit Plaza until 9:00 p.m. The event is a great opportunity for buyers and sellers to meet and enjoy gourmet foods and music to their heart's content. Enjoy gourmet food and music to your heart's content.
Dates: Friday, September 1 - Sunday, September 3
Venues: JR Obihiro Station area, North and South Exit Plaza, South Park, Tokachi Plaza
Click here for details and map information of Tokachi Marche.
2 The 36th Mifuka Furusato Autumn Festival (Mifuka Town)
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This is Mibuka's major autumn harvest festival, with tastings and sales of freshly picked seasonal produce from Mibuka, including first potatoes and pumpkins. Visitors can also enjoy various attractions and singing shows in which they can participate. The festival's major event is the sale of "char-grilled Mibuka beef". Why not try the brand beef, which is inevitably sold out every year?
Date: Saturday, September 2, 11:00-14:00
Venue: Event Square next to Mibuka Municipal Gymnasium, 1-chome, Nishi 1-jo Kita 1-chome, Mibuka-cho
Click here for details and map information of the 36th Mibuka Furusato Autumn Festival.
3 The 74th Kurashi Fun Festival (Higashikawa Town)
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The "Life Fun Festival" is held twice a year, in spring and fall. In addition to food and drink stalls, freshly picked vegetables and flower seedlings from Higashikawa Town are sold. The annual flea market and handmade craft market for small goods are also popular. On Saturday, September 2, a fireworks display will be held from 6:30 p.m.
Dates:September 2 (Sat) 9:00-19:00, September 3 (Sun) 9:00-16:00
Venue: Kitoushi Forest (former Kitoushi Forest Park Family Travel Village), 44 Nishi 5-Kita, Higashikawa-cho
Click here for details and map information of the "74th Kurashi Fun Festival.
4 The 27th Honbetsu Kirameki Town Festival 2023 (Honbetsu Town)
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The special venue on the riverbed is a large place with lawn all over, very open. In addition to the stage show, there are many attractions such as a gourmet food market where you can taste food produced in Honbetsu Town and a "Pony Banma Race" where cute ponies run through with great power. The finale of the first day of the festival is the Higashi-Tokachi Fireworks Festival, which will be held on the first day of the festival and will feature approximately 6,000 fireworks.
Dates: Saturday, September 2, 11:00 - 21:00; Sunday, September 3, 9:30 - 16:30
Venue: Special site on the banks of the Cibetsu River, Honbetsu-cho Kita 3-chome, Honbetsu-cho
For details and map information of the 27th Honbetsu Kirameki Town Festival 2023, click here.
5 Chick-fil-A Gourmet Circus 2023 (Hakodate)
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This is one of Hakodate's largest gourmet events, bringing together the tastes and attractions of Hakodate and other cities with ties to the city. In addition to fun stage events such as quiz contests and rock-paper-scissors tournaments, local characters from all over the country will perform, and visitors will be able to enjoy specialty foods and gourmet delicacies from regions throughout Japan, from north to south, that have ties to Hakodate.
Dates: Saturday, September 2, 10:00-17:00; Sunday, September 3, 10:00-16:00
Venue: Chickadee Green Plaza Taiyo Parking, 16-8 Shofu-cho, Hakodate City
Click here for details and map information of "Hakodate Gourmet Circus 2023
6 Hokuhoku Festival in Makkari 2023 (Makkari Village)
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The biggest highlight of the festival is the potato digging (Otoshaku and Kitaakari) and all-you-can-stuff vegetables, in which participants buy a bag and participate. Both adults and children can enjoy the feeling of autumn harvest. Auction of Makari Village's specialties and accommodation tickets for Makarina will be held on the stage, and a big lottery with gorgeous prizes will be held as well.
Date: Sunday, September 3, 10:00-15:30
Venue: In front of Makari Village Community Center, Hikari 4, Makari Village
Click here for details and map information of "HokuHoku Festival in Makari 2023
7 Sapporo Autumn Fest 2023 (Sapporo)
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This is the largest food festival in Hokkaido, said to attract more than 2 million visitors. Visitors can enjoy a variety of autumnal delicacies by gathering seasonal ingredients and local gourmet foods from all over Hokkaido. Each street has a different food concept, offering ramen, local specialties, sake, meat, and sweets, and no matter how many times you visit during the festival, you are sure to find something new and exciting to taste. Many visitors look forward to this event every year, and it is also popular among tourists.
Dates: Friday, September 8 - Saturday, September 30, 10:00 - 20:30 (L.O. 20:00)
Venue: Odori Park, Kita 1-jo Nishi 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 4-8-chome, 10-chome, 11-chome
For details and map information of Sapporo Autumn Fest 2023, click here.
8 Kita no Blessing Eat Marche 2023 (Asahikawa, Japan)
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This is Hokkaido's representative gourmet event, held every year since 2011 for three days in September, including Respect-for-Senior-Citizens Day. The event is so popular that it is one of the four largest gourmet events in Hokkaido, and approximately 300 restaurants from Asahikawa City, the host city, municipalities in the northern Hokkaido region, and Asahikawa's exchange cities line a 1.7 km-long stretch of the city's streets to offer their regional culinary specialties.
Date:September 16 (Sat.)~17 (Sun.), 10:00-18:00 (until 17:00 on the last day)
Venues: Asahikawa Station Square, Heiwa-dori Shopping Park, Shichijo Green Road
Click here for details and map information of "Kita no Blessing Eat Marché 2023
9 Iwamizawa Hyakumochi Festival (Iwamizawa City )
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This is the largest festival in Iwamizawa City, and the main attraction is the "Omusu Mochi Pounding," in which specialty rice (glutinous rice) is pounded into rice cakes using one of the world's largest rice mortars. The mortar is 2.2 meters in diameter and weighs 5.5 tons. The streets where the festival takes place are filled with excitement as little children pound rice cakes and enjoy eating, drinking, and shopping at the "Hyakumochi Market.
Date:September 16 (Sat) 13:00-20:00, September 17 (Sun) 10:00-18:00
Venue: Iwamizawa Sakae Street (1-jo Nishi 2-chome to 4-jo Nishi 2-chome)
For details and map information on the Iwamizawa Hyakumochi Festival, click here.
10 Rusutsu Resort Good Food Festival (Rusutsu Village)
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A gourmet festival held at the Rusutsu Resort, this festival offers all-you-can-eat BBQ and all-you-can-eat amusement park activities at a great price, allowing you to enjoy "eating" and "playing" to your heart's content in the great outdoors. Special live performances by gorgeous artists will be held, and a fireworks display will be held on September 16 (Sat.) and 18 (Mon.).
Dates: Saturday, September 16 - Monday, September 18, Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24
Venue: Rusutsu Resort Sun Sun Sun Field, 13 Izumikawa, Rusutsu-mura
Click here for details and map information of the "Rusutsu Resort Gourmet Festival
11 The 38th Hamamasu Furusato Festival (Ishikari City )
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The festival is one of the three major autumn festivals in Ishikari City, where Hamamasu's famous agricultural, marine, and livestock products, including Ishikari-caught salmon and Japanese black beef, are all gathered for sale. In addition to the "Okiage Ondo," a traditional herring fishing performance by elementary school students, and "Horoho Toyo Daiko," local entertainment, there will also be a bingo tournament and a "mochimaki" (rice cake wrapped in a sticky rice cake with a gift) event. Another attraction is the BBQ corner where visitors can eat their purchases on the spot.
Date:September 17 (Sun.) 9:00-15:15
Venue: Kawashita, Hamamasu-ku, Ishikari City Kawashita Seaside Facility Event Plaza
Click here for details and map information of the 38th Hamamasu Furusato Festival.
12 The 39th Nakagawa Autumn Taste Festival / The 32nd Hokkaido Log Pushing Sumo Tournament (Nakagawa Town)
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The highlight of the two major autumn events in Nakagawa Town is the "Hokkaido Log Pushing Sumo Tournament," a dynamic competition in which five strong men push a 100kg log against each other. The competition is so heated that even those who are watching can't help but get involved. At the site of the Autumn Festival, visitors can enjoy catching salmon and all-you-can-stuff vegetables, as well as an exhibition of Self-Defense Forces vehicles and a raffle for a chance to ride in one of the vehicles.
Date: Sunday, September 17, 9:00-16:00
Venue: Nakagawa-machi, Aza Honor Riverbed Event Plaza
Click here for details and map information of the 38th Nakagawa Autumn Flavor Festival and the 31st Hokkaido Log Pushing Sumo Tournament.
13 The 47th Kashiwabayashi Park Festival (Taiki Town)
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This is an industrial festival where visitors can fully enjoy the autumn flavors unique to Taiki Town, which is surrounded by mountains and the sea. Starting with an onsite sale of Taiki-produced wagyu beef, visitors can enjoy a lineup of one-tsubo stores filled with handmade products of the town's residents, as well as restaurant booths, and even catch a horse mackerel. On the event stage, there will be a singing show, a fun raffle, and a mochi-maki (rice cake pounding) event.
Date:September 17 (Sun.) 9:00-14:30
Venue: Kashiwabayashi Park, 51 Higashi-Hondori, Taiki-machi
Click here for details and map information of the 47th Kashiwabayashi Park Festival.
14 The 48th Atsuta Furusato Akiaji Festival (Ishikari City)
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In addition to sales of specialty products, there is also a sale of Ishikari morning-caught salmon. This festival offers a taste of Atsuta's hometown with delicacies from the sea and mountains. Charcoal-grilled live scallops and rare Mochorai-don (rice bowl), which is inevitably sold out, are popular. Participatory events such as "akiaji weight-guessing quiz" and "rice cake throwing with a lottery" are also held. It is one of the three major autumn festivals in Ishikari City, attracting many visitors from neighboring towns.
Date: Saturday, September 23, 9:00-15:00
Venue: Multi-purpose plaza at Mochirai Community Center "Minakuru", 27-7 Mochirai, Atsuta-ward, Ishikari City
Click here for details and map information of the 48th Atsuta Furusato Akiaji Festival.
15 The 58th Ishikari Salmon Festival (Ishikari City)
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This is a major event in Ishikari, the "Home of Salmon" that started in 1956 and is one of the three major autumn festivals in Ishikari City. It is a popular festival for salmon lovers, with fresh and inexpensive fresh salmon for sale, "Ishikari nabe" made in a large 1,000-person pot, and salmon roe bowls made by local restaurants being very popular. Visitors can also enjoy the "Salmon Catching" event, a specialty of Ishikari, helicopter flights overlooking the Ishikari River, and the "Dosanko Stroll (pulling horse experience)".
Date: Saturday, September 23-Sunday, September 24, 9:00-16:30
Venue: Benten Historical Park, 38 Benten-cho, Ishikari City
Click here for details and map information of the 58th Ishikari Salmon Festival.
16 Tsurui Village Furusato Festival (Tsurui Village)
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One of the four major events in Tsurui Village, this is the village's largest festival held every September. There are many games related to dairy farming, such as the "Milk Drinking Contest" and the "Moo Moo Contest" in which participants compete to imitate the cows' cries. Many food and beverage booths are set up to celebrate the tastes of the season, and there is also a tasting corner using the village's famous milk and a market selling vegetables produced in Tsurui.
Date: Saturday, September 23
Venue:Special site along the Mosetsu-ri River, 1-chome, Tsurui Kita, Tsurui Village
Click here for details and map information of the "Tsurui Village Furusato Festival
17 The 38th More Horsepower Dasube Festival (Okito Town)
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The naming of the festival using Hokkaido dialect will warm your heart. This year, the "Yakiniku Plaza," the main event where visitors can enjoy beef from Okito Town grilled over charcoal, will return for the first time in four years. In addition to the many stalls, there will also be a variety of events such as an all-you-can-stuff potato and onion bag, a horse-power udon quick-eating contest, a fun raffle, and a mochi-maki (rice cake throwing) event. The taste buds and fun events are sure to give you horsepower.
Date: Saturday, September 23, 11:00-14:00
Venue: 245-1 Okito, Okito Town, Chuo Kouminkan (Central Community Center)
Click here for details and map information of the 38th More Horsepower Dasube Festival.
18 The 42nd Shikaoi-cho Furusato Industry Festival (Shikaoi-cho)
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This autumn harvest festival features a wide variety of agricultural and livestock products from the town, including Shikaoi beef. The festival also features a "Doki-Doki" lottery, where you can win prizes such as a set of agricultural and livestock products, as well as a "fun raffle" where you can win a set of steaks made from deer-oi beef and other prizes.
Date:September 24 (Sunday)
Venue: Roadside Station "Shikaoi", 3-2 Higashi-machi, Shikaoi-cho
Click here for details and map information of the 42nd Shikaoi-cho Furusato Industrial Festival.
19 The 20th Urausu Botan Soba New Soba Harvest Festival in Urausu (Urausu Town )
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This is an event where you can taste "Botan Soba", which is said to be "fantastic soba" due to the difficulty of cultivation and small harvest, despite its great taste and aroma. The event also features a soba eating contest and a demonstration of handmade soba by a master soba chef, attracting many soba lovers every year.
Date: Sunday, September 24
Venue: Tsurunuma Park, 188 Kinauusunai, Urausu-cho
Click here for details and map information of the "20th Urausu Botan Soba New Soba Harvest Festival in Urausu
20 The 20th Shintoku New Soba Festival (Shintoku Town)
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Held every year on the last Sunday in September, this is the largest festival in Shintoku Town and attracts up to 25,000 visitors in search of freshly harvested soba noodles. Not only can visitors compare and contrast the four freshly harvested, freshly ground, freshly beaten, and freshly boiled soba noodles, but they can also enjoy a variety of autumnal delicacies at the many stalls selling local products and other delicacies. The popular annual "Wanko Soba Tournament" will also be held.
Date:September 24 (Sunday)
Venue: Parking lot in front of "Nagomi," Shintoku-cho Health and Welfare Center, 3-jo Minami 3-chome, Shintoku-cho
Click here for details and map information of the 20th Shintoku Shin-Soba Festival.
All information is current as of August 2023.
*Each event is subject to change or cancellation, so please check the official website before participating.