Charm of Hokkaido foods BEEF BEEF Data col Superb Hokkaido Beef we confidently recommend Yakiniku Sukiyaki "Yakiniku", the Japanese-style Beef is cooked together with a variety of barbecue, involves eating meat while ingredients such as vegetables and tofu, grilling it. You will find the meat more in a salty-sweet broth flavored with soy Beef delicious when you eat it with rice sauce and sugar. The umami taste of the and vegetables produced in beef spreads to other ingredients. Hokkaido. Kitami City has the largest Much cherished Hokkaido brand number of yakiniku restaurants per Shabu shabu resident of all cities in Hokkaido. It is well known as the town of yakiniku. A thin slice of beef is very quickly dipped into Japanese stock, and is further dipped Location Kitami City MAP C into sesame sauce or ponzu sauce before Being the only region in Japan that has no rainy season, Hokkaido, with its coldd http://kitamikanko.jp/index.html ◆ being eaten. You can enjoy the flavor and weather, is a comfortable environment for cows because they are vulnerable to (Kitami Tourism Association) 日 英 簡 繁 high temperature and humidity. About 20 percent of beef cattle produced in melting texture of the beef. Japan are raised in Hokkaido. Cattle are carefully raised with the regional characteristic and climate taken into consideration, and shipped as "brand beef", a special product of the local farms. Events foffor enjoying beef and other local delicaciess Tokachi Wagyu Shiraoi Beef IIkedakeda AAutumn Wine Festival Tokachi Wagyu is Wagyu beef raised in vast farmlands which can Shiraoi Town is the first place in Hokkaido to introduce Japanese Black It is held on ttheh first Sunday of October every year. produce high-quality grass, in the favorable climate called Cattle. "Shiraoi Beef", with a history of more than 60 years, is loved for The Tokachi areaar is famous for wine, too. This festival is held to celebrate the harvest "Tokachi-bare" (Tokachi sunshine). It is soft, high-quality marbled having plenty of body and a mild taste, and was much praised at the of grapes and preparation of wine. You can drink as much wine, and eat as much meat. Only the Japanese Black Cattle raised in the Tokachi area are dinner of the Japanese Prime Minister and the U.S. President during charbroiled beef,be as you like, and the deliciousness and impact of an ox roasted called "Tokachi Wagyu", and only about 1,600 of them are shipped the Hokkaido Toyako Summit (2008). The "Shiraoi Beef Festival" is held whole will be overwhelming.o per year. in June every year, attracting about forty thousand visitors. Venue Ikeda Town MAP D Place of production MAP Place of production MAP the Tokachi area A Shiraoi Town B ◆http://tokachibare.jp/about_tokachi/towns/ikeda/http://toka ◆http://visit-tokachi.jp/ ("Visit Tokachi", Tokachi General Subprefectural Bureau) ◆http://www.shiraoi.net/ (Shiraoi Tourism Association) 日 英 簡 (("Tokachi-bare""Tokachi-bar Tokachi Tourism Federation) 日 英 簡 繁 日 英 簡 繁 BiratoriBirator Sarugawa Festival It is held on ttheh third Sunday of September every year. Production areas -- Enjoy the brand beef on site In this festivalfestival,, you can enjoy the luxurious beef "Biratori Beef" and "Biratori tomatoes", spspecialtiese of Biratori Town. More than 20 kinds of brand beef are produced in Hokkaido, especially in the Tokachi area. Venue Biratori Town MAP E http://www.town.biratori.hokkaido.jp/http://www.thttp://www.t (Biratori Town) 日 英 簡 繁 Hokkaido Brand Kitami City (C) Beef Map Rebun Airport Wakkanai Airport 40-minute ride from Memanbetsu Airport Rishiri Airport Part Characteristics Main cooking ExpertsExperts carefully choose beef to eat! methods Monbetsu Airport Learn hhow to eat delicious beef 1 Neck Red meat with little fat. Full of umami extracts. Stew Sukiyaki, Boston butt A reasonable amount of fat. Tends to be marbled. 2 Shabu-shabu Memanbetsu Airport Each partpart ooff bbeef has its own characteristics. Beef will be Shiraoi Town (B) more deliciodeliciousu when you choose the right part for the dish. 3 Shoulder Little fat. Plenty of umami extracts and gelatin. Stew 40-minute ride from New Chitose Airport Asahikawa Airport Nakashibetsu Airport Steak, e, and tends to be marbled. 4 Spencer roll It is thick meat with fibers hardly noticeabl roast beef Sapporo Okadama Airport Kushiro Airport Steak, Sapporo City 5 Tenderloin Little fat. This part accounts only for 3 percent of a whole cow. deep-fried 8 New Chitose Airport 2 Steak, 5 l parts of a cow. 1 6 Sirloin Smooth and soft. The quality of meat is the best of al roast beef Obihiro Airport Ikeda Town (D) 6 60-minute ride from Obihiro Airport 4 g alternating layers. 10 9 3 7 Short plate It has a rich flavor, with edr meat and fat formin Barbecue Place of production of brand beef 7 Steak, Okushiri Airport Tokachi area (A) 8 Rump Soft red meat with deep flavor. roast beef 11 Legend 111 Top round Barbecue, 9 cap off Large chunk of red meat with the least fat. stew Hakodate Airport Railway Bottom Stews, fries Railway (Shinkansen) 10 round Red meat with little fat. Full of gelatin. Biratori Town (E) Expressway Rich in protein and suitable for stew Stew 60-minute ride from New Chitose Airport Airport 11 Shank 07 08.