1 "The 32nd Nemuro Samma Festival" where you can grill and eat fresh samma on the spot (Nemuro City)

This is a "samma-filled" event unique to Nemuro, which has the largest catch of samma in Japan. At the "Kishibe Robata Corner," the centerpiece of the festival that attracts many visitors every year, visitors can grill fresh Nemuro saury on a charcoal grill and eat them as they are. In addition, a "product festival" will be held at the festival site, where visitors can enjoy a wide variety of local specialties and dishes that are the pride of the local mothers on the beach.

2 "Saroma Great Harvest Festival" featuring scallops, Saroma pork, and other delicacies from the sea and mountains (Saroma Town)

This festival is held to give thanks for the year's harvest and to enjoy Saroma's marine and mountain products to the fullest. The festival features a large gathering of Saroma's specialty gourmet foods, including scallops from Lake Saroma and special sales of meat. Fresh seafood and meat grilled on the spot are exquisite. In addition to the gourmet food, there will be stage events and a raffle with great prizes.

3 Enjoy the bounty of the Sea of Okhotsk with autumn salmon and scallops at "Well-Being Festa 2024" (Edasai Town)

This is an event where visitors can taste the autumn of Okhotsk, with a focus on Edasai-cho's specialty products, autumn salmon and scallops. At the gourmet corner, there will be autumn salmon hot pot, salmon chanchan-yaki, free milk distribution, and sales of marine and agricultural products. The salmon catching contest and scallop peeling contest held in a giant pool are also popular every year. Visitors can enjoy the harvest and appetite of autumn with Edasaki-cho's prized seafood and marine products.

4 "Hakodate Squid Festival" (Hakodate City), where Hakodate's specialty squid is served in a variety of dishes

This is an event where visitors can enjoy Hakodate's specialty, squid. Every year, various Hakodate's specialty squid dishes are sold, including morning squid rice bowl, squid geso yaki, squid rice, squid geso yakisoba, etc. This year, the menu is determined by the squid fishing conditions on the day of the festival, so you will have to wait until you get there to enjoy it. The venue is within walking distance from Hakodate Station, making it an easy way to enjoy the festival as part of your Hakodate sightseeing tour.

5 "51st Ikeda Town Autumn Wine Festival" (Ikeda Town), featuring a powerful whole roasted beef.

An event where visitors can enjoy wine and Hokkaido beef. At the venue, there will be a beverage corner with Tokachi wines and special grape juices, as well as a taste corner with powerful grilled whole Ikeda Town beef and kitchen car stalls. On the stage, there will be a brass band performance, a wine-drinking contest, and a raffle to win wine, and the entire venue will be filled with the tastes of autumn.

6 Chance to get new buckwheat and rice "The 25th Shintotsukawa Taste Festival" (Shintotsukawa Town)

This event is the best place to enjoy the seasonal tastes of Shin Totsukawa Town. A special mushroom hot pot with plenty of beech mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms, and freshly ground, freshly beaten, and freshly boiled soba (buckwheat noodles) will be on sale. In addition, there will be a tasting corner for new Yumepirika rice, which is popular every year, and a fun raffle for a bale of new rice and other local specialties.

7 "Tokachi Shimizu Garlic Meat Festival" (Shimizu Town), where you can taste garlic and barbecued meat, the largest amount of garlic shipped in Hokkaido.

This festival features garlic and barbecued meat in Shimizu Town, which boasts the largest shipment of garlic in Hokkaido. At the festival site, visitors can enjoy barbequed meat and garlic at the garlic gourmet stalls and kitchen cars. Catching garlic is also a popular attraction.

8 "Shimamaki Autumn Taste Festival" (Shimamaki Village): Don't miss the limited quantity of salmon roe bowls.

An autumn gourmet event held in Shimamaki Village, located in the southern part of Hokkaido. The event is held in the mountain village square next to the roadside station "Yotteke! Shimamaki", a roadside station, will be the site of the event, where a limited number of salmon roe bowls will be sold and gourmet stalls will be set up to offer a taste of local delicacies. There will also be a magic show, imitation singing show, rice cake throwing, and a fireworks display to close out the autumn event.

9 "2024 Date Agriculture, Fishery and Big Products Festival" (Date City), where Date's rich harvests are gathered.

In addition to the city's specialty products, this food festival gathers together delicious foods from the neighborhood. The festival features a variety of Date's specialties, including a corner for barbecued Japanese black beef, a corner for specialty products, and a corner selling agricultural and marine products. There will be more delicious gourmet foods than you can eat, so it is recommended that you attend the festival with an empty stomach.

10 "Shiribeshi Autumn Food Festival at Rural Park Fruit Park Niki" with a large selection of sweets and local sake (Niki Town)

A food event unique to Niki Town, known as the fruit kingdom. Gourmet foods sold at the venue will include various tastes of Shiribeshi, from rice to side dishes, local sake, snacks, and sweets. In addition to gourmet foods, there will also be stage events featuring characters, local performing arts, YOSAKOI Soran performances, and more.

11 Enjoy fresh vegetables and Wagyu beef from Makubetsu "47th Makubetsu Industrial Festival" (Makubetsu Town)

One of the two major autumn festivals in Makubetsu Town, the "Makubetsu Industrial Festival" is an event that brings together a large variety of specialty products to pray for a good harvest. At the festival site, there will be direct sales of vegetables, tasting and sales of MAKUBETSU wagyu beef, and sales of specialty products from Kaisei Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, a city with which the town has an exchange relationship. In addition to the many gourmet stalls, there will also be games for visitors to participate in.

12 Collaboration of tastes beyond the town "Chikiokomatsuri 2024 in Noboribetsu" (Noboribetsu City)

A food event featuring local specialties from each region is held in Noboribetsu by the Regional Development Cooperation Team of Noboribetsu City and the West Iburi region. The event will feature a collaboration of local delicacies, such as all-you-can-stuff vegetables from Sobetsu and shakes made with Toyoura strawberries and Noboribetsu milk, transcending the boundaries of each region. There will also be workshops for children to enjoy, making it a perfect family outing.

13 "41st Kaminokuni-cho Industrial Festival" with a salmon catching corner for children (Kaminokuni-cho)

This is a festival where you can enjoy the taste of autumn in Kaminokuni-cho. From a food and drink corner where the women's club of the fishermen's cooperative sells salmon chanchanyaki and nori bento, to an all-you-can-stuffed-mein corner where you can enjoy the taste of fall at home, to a discount sale of new rice, and time service of locally grown vegetables and fresh fish, the autumn season is in full bloom. In addition, there will be elaborate events such as catching salmon for elementary school children and younger, and rice cake pounding.

14 "The 49th Good Food Shintoku Snow Festival" (Shintoku Town), where all-you-can-stuff fresh local vegetables are very popular.

A gourmet event in Shintoku Town where visitors can enjoy charcoal-grilled meat purchased at the venue under the autumn sky. Fruits from Higashine City in Yamagata Prefecture, a friendship city, will also be on sale, perfect for taking home and for dessert after the barbeque. Other attractions include the annual all-you-can-stuff vegetables such as pumpkins and carrots, which are very popular.

15 Three events in Kitami combine and power up "Kitami Autumn Festival - Okhotsk Marche 2024-" (Kitami City)

Three events held in Kitami City in autumn, "Kitami Chrysanthemum Festival", "Okhotsk Kitami Halloween Festival", and "Kitami Oktoberfest", will be combined and powered up as "Kitami Autumn Festival - Okhotsk Marche 2024-". Visitors can enjoy a variety of local gourmet foods made from Kitami and Okhotsk ingredients, as well as local beers and cocktails from around the world and throughout Japan. Chrysanthemum and pumpkin decorations, lights, and many stage events held every day will enliven the event.

16 The 31st Monbetsu Gourmet Festival (Monbetsu City): Crab, scallops and other delicacies of Monbetsu

The largest taste event in Monbetsu City facing the Sea of Okhotsk is back for the first time in five years. Gourmet foods from Monbetsu, including freshly harvested local seafood such as crab, salmon, and scallops, as well as fresh agricultural products, will be served at the festival site. BBQ sets will be available for rent as part of the Robata experience, allowing visitors to taste what they have purchased on the spot. There will also be events for children, making it a great family leisure weekend event.

17 Rice Festival "4th Rankoshi New Rice Festival" (Rangetsu Town)

This festival is full of rice-related events. There is a big sale of rice at a special price, a big lottery to win new rice and hotel accommodation coupons, a rock-paper-scissors tournament where the winner receives a bale of new rice, a rice quiz, and many other rice-related events. In addition, stalls of local stores and kitchen cars will line the venue.

18 "Matsumae Gourmet Fest" (Matsumae Town), a large gathering of gourmet foods from Matsumae Town and its sister cities.

This food event is held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the current Matsumae Town after the merger and the 40th anniversary of the sister city/friendship city relationship. Local delicacies from Matsumae and its sister cities, Date City (former town of Yanagawa) in Fukushima Prefecture, Omihachiman City in Shiga Prefecture, and friendship city Hikone City in Shiga Prefecture, as well as city collaboration gourmet sister city products will be on sale. In addition, there will be a large gathering of local characters and a commemorative photo session.

19 "Tomakomai Fishing Port Hokki Festival" (Tomakomai City)

An event to eat up all the hokki-gai, a specialty of Tomakomai City, which boasts Japan's largest catch of hokki-gai. Visitors can eat, play, and enjoy Tomakomai's pride in hokki-gai through sales of hokki-gai and dishes using hokki-gai, as well as stage events related to hokki-gai.

20 Eat, Play and Enjoy Shihoro's Autumn "The 22nd Shihoro Harvest Festival" (Shihoro Town)

A festival where visitors can enjoy autumn with Shihoro's gourmet foods and attractions. In addition to the "Shihoro Aji Market" selling juicy Shihoro beef cut steaks, Shihoro nabe (hot pot), and gourmet oshiruko and udon noodles, there will be food-related events such as bagging potatoes and onions and the "Eat and Weigh Pittanko Game.

21 "Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival" offering rare Sarabetsu Wagyu beef (Sarabetsu Village)

An event that brings together all the delicious tastes of Sarabetsu Village. In addition to tasting rare Sarabetsu Wagyu beef grown in the blessed nature of vast Tokachi, you can't miss the food corner where a large pot of food, local agricultural products and local menus are sold. The festival also features a variety of elaborate events each year, including a stage event that adds to the excitement of the event.

22 "~Autumn Fukagawa Rice Carnival ~Komechi New Rice & Soba Festa 2024" (Fukagawa City), where the seasonal tastes of Fukagawa gather.

This event features a variety of Fukagawa's seasonal foods such as new rice and new buckwheat noodles. In addition to offering gourmet foods made from a wide variety of agricultural and livestock products, the festival will also include stage events that can be enjoyed by adults and children alike.

23 Sweet lovers gather for "Anko Festival 2024 in Kenbuchi, a village of picture books" (Kenbuchi Town)

A sweets event using freshly picked azuki beans. Every year, azuki beans produced in the town are transformed into various sweets such as dumplings, cakes, parfaits, and breads, which are displayed at the event. This is an event not to be missed by those with a sweet tooth.

24 Taste the many varieties of Fukagawa apples at "Fukagawa Apple Festa 2024" (Fukagawa City)

A variety of Fukagawa-grown apples of different varieties will be available for two days. Each variety has its own unique appearance and taste, and you may be able to find your favorite variety or an apple that you can only taste here. At the quiz corner, visitors who answer all questions correctly will receive processed products made from Fukagawa-grown fruit.

25 The 62nd Akkeshi Oyster Festival" (Akkeshi Town), where you can taste fresh oysters from Akkeshi Town over a charcoal fire.

This festival attracts many tourists from inside and outside of Hokkaido every year, and is a unique event in the town of oysters. In addition to stalls selling oysters, clams, and other fresh seafood, visitors can also rent out grilling equipment and enjoy the seafood they buy on the spot. With activities such as catching clams, catching oysters, and an oyster peeling championship, this is an event where children and adults alike can enjoy autumn food to the fullest.

26 "The 43rd Hokuto City Mohechi Salmon Festival" (Hokuto City) where you can see up-close the salmon coming upstream.

This festival is held along the Moheji River, where you can see salmon running upstream. The festival features annual salmon-related events such as "catching salmon," which is exciting whether you participate or just watch, and sales of fresh seafood and salmon hot pots.

27 "Rakuichi Rakuza Morimachi Shoku KING Market 2024" featuring specialties from the mountains and sea of Morimachi (Morimachi)

This is an annual event held in Morimachi in southern Hokkaido where local products are gathered. This year's event will be the last of a total of four scheduled at different times and locations. A wide variety of fresh seafood, agricultural products, and processed foods from Morimachi will be on sale.