廣島縣宮島牡蠣節慶祝年度收獲

Recently the NHK News reported the following:
広島県廿日市市の宮島で、特産のかきを使った土手鍋やグラタン、シチューなど、さまざまな料理を味わうことができる恒例のかき祭りが開かれました。「宮島かき祭り」は１３日も開かれます。
宮島のかき祭りは、かきが旬を広島県廿日市市の宮島で、特産のかきを使った土手鍋やグラタン、シチューなど、さまざまな料理を味わうことができる恒例のかき祭りが開かれました。「宮島かき祭り」は１３日も開かれます。
宮島のかき祭りは、かきが旬を迎えるこの時期に毎年開かれているもので、宮島の桟橋前の広場に設けられた会場には、土手鍋やグラタン、シチューなどさまざまなかき料理の出店が並びました。１２日は、みぞれ混じりのあいにくの天気でしたが、観光客や地元の人が多く訪れ、出来たてのかき料理を味わったり、地元の新鮮なかきを買い求めたりしていました。地元の漁業組合によりますと、ことしのかきは、年末に海水の温度があまり下がらなかったため、例年よりも小ぶりですが、身は引き締まっていて味がよいということです。家族と一緒に宮城県から訪れた男性は「広島に来てまで雪に降られるとは思いませんでしたが、アツアツのかきを食べることができ満足です」と話していました。「宮島かき祭り」は１３日も開かれます。
The customary oyster festival was held to enable the tasting of various dishes like the hand pan, the gratin, and the stew, etc. that used the oyster which was the special product of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture Hatsukaichi City. "Miyajima Oyster Festival" was also opened on the 13th.
The oyster festival of Miyajima was held and the oyster festival was an established custom held in Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture Hatsukaichi City. In season oysters as a special product was used for the hand pan, the gratin, and the stew, etc. so that various dishes could be tasted. "Miyajima oyster festival" was already opened on the 13th.
The oyster festival of Miyajima was the one that opened every year at this time when the in season oyster was harvested, and restaurant branch shops with a variety of oyster dishes like the hand pan, the gratin, and the stew lined up in the plaza that was set up in the open space in front of the pier in Miyajima. Although on the 12th it was unfortunate that the weather was mixed with sleet, there were lots of tourists and local visitors, it was possible to taste the oyster dishes that had been prepared, and fresh local oysters could be bought. According to the local fishing guild, because the temperature of seawater did not fall too much at the end of the year, the oyster this year was smaller than the ordinary year, yet the body was tightened and that would mean the taste was good. A man from Miyajima Prefecture who visited with the family was saying that "To be able to eat hot oysters was satisfying though do not think that it would snow to the point that it comes to Hiroshima". "Miyajima Oyster Festival" was already opened on the 13th.

The Miyajima Oyster Festival is started, come to share the joy if you have the opportunity.