Minamiuonuma City holds online and on-site exchange meetings with the theme of food and snow|Experience coolness during the scorching heat season

Niigata Prefecture and Minamiuonuma City Community Development Promotion Organization will hold an online seminar on Thursday, August 4 and a local exchange meeting on Saturday, September 10 on the theme of the connection between snow and food in Minamiuonuma.

The life of Minamiuonuma is supported by a virtuous cycle that connects snow and food, such as a fermented food culture that takes advantage of winter snow cover and the cultivation of crops using melted snow.

This time, the online seminar (August) will be an opportunity for guests to explain the relationship between food and snow, such as Koshihikari from Minamiuonuma, and to interact with other participants. The local exchange meeting (September) is a spring water pumping, mushroom picking at the farm, BBQ with seasonal ingredients, Snow room with a room temperature of 4°C Prepare experiences such as.

The online seminar will be held on Thursday, August 4 at 19:00~20:30. Capacity 50 people (free). To apply, Dedicated form (first-come, first-served basis) 。 The local exchange meeting will be held on Saturday, September 10 at 10:45 a.m. (meet at JR Echigo-Urasa Station) ~ 5:00 p.m. (dismissal). Recruitment is from online seminar participants with a capacity of 13 people (participation fee 5,000 yen).

The organizers said, "It is the winter snowfall that brings the rich food culture of Minamiuonuma, and the snow cover seeps into the earth and becomes meltwater that nourishes the crops. I want you to think about the snow in the hot summer and feel cool." I will talk to you.