市場まつり（神戸市中央卸売市場）Market Festival at Kobe City Central Wholesale Market

2017年9月24日日曜日

9月23日、神戸市中央卸売市場の「市場まつり」と「兵庫運河祭」に行ってきました。

On 23 September, I went to “Market Festival” by Kobe City Central Wholesale Market and “Hyogo Canal Festival”.

2つの祭りの開催時間は重なっていますが（市場まつり：10:00～14:00、兵庫運河祭：11:00～20:00）、場所がすぐそばなので、両方楽しむことができます。

The time of two festivals overlaped each other ( Market Festival : 10:00-14:00, Hyogo Canal Festival : 11:00-20:00 ), but places of them were very near, we were able to participate in the both festivals.

市場まつりでは、中央卸売市場ならではの新鮮な青果、水産物が格安で販売され、市場おすすめの飲食店が集結して味を競います。ステージも設けられ、多彩なショーが催されます。

In Market Festival, fresh fruits, vegetables and marine products special to Central Wholesale Market were sold for a bargain price. And many restaurants recommended by Central Wholesale Market ran booths and competed to serve delicious foods. A stage was set up to put on various shows.

11時ごろ会場に到着。早速なにか食べようと思いますが、とにかくお店が多すぎて何にしたらいいのか迷ってウロウロしてしまいます。ステージでは阿波踊りやよさこいが披露されていました。

I arrived at the site of Market Festival at about 11:00. I felt like losing no time in eating something, but there were so many shops that I could not decide what to eat and wandered around. At the time, Awa-Odori dance * and Yosakoi dance ** were performed on the stage.

*Awa-Odori is the traditional dance in Tokushima prefecture ( whose old name was Awa ).

**Yosakoi is the traditional dance in Kochi prefecture, and now numerous variations of Yosakoi are performed throughout the country.

阿波踊りの神戸楠公連は、ステージパフォーマンスが終わったあと、飲食店の販売ブースの前の通路でも踊りを披露してくれました。

Kobe-Nanko-ren group showed Awa-Odori dance in the front of food booths after they performed on the stage.

さて、迷ってばかりもいられないと焦り始めたころ、「鬼平コロッケ」という看板が目に入りました。子供の頃からの鬼平ファンとしてはこれは見逃せません。さっそく購入しました。唐揚げとコロッケが入って300円です。

Well, when I begun thinking that I had to hurry to decide what to eat, I saw the sign which said “Oni-Hei * croquette”. It was too attractive to miss, because I have been a fan of Oni-Hei since my childhood. I immediately bought it. It included fried chiken and croquette, and costed 300 JPY.

*Oni-Hei is the nickname of HASEGAWA Heizou. He is the hero in “Oni-Hei’s Police Report”, which is a famous novel and TV samurai drama. He is a real histrical character in Edo period. He was active in the crackdown on vicious crimes.

会場には飲食用のテーブルが用意されていますが、空席がないため、立ったままいただきます。作りたてのアツアツ、衣もサクサクであっというまに平らげてしまいましたが、なぜ「鬼平」と名付けられているのかは、よくわかりませんでした。

There were some tables, but no seat was available. So I ate it standing up. I immediately ate all of it as it was so delicious. But I couldn’t know why its name included “Oni-Hei”.

揚げ物を食べ終わって、汁物が欲しくなり、会場内をうろついていると、「香住かに汁」の幟と大釜が目に入りました。値段はこれも300円。さっそく購入しました。

After I ate fried food, I wanted to drink soup. When I wandered around, I saw the labarum which said “Kasumi crab soup” and a big pot. The price of the soup was also 300 JPY. I immediately bought it.

お椀からはみ出すカニの脚。これで300円はすごい。市場まつりならではでしょう。カニはしっかり身がつまっていて、汁にもカニのうまみがしっかり効いていました。

Crab’s feet were bigger than the bowl. This soup outvalued its price. It can be bought at the price only at Market Festival. The crab had much meat, and the soup was full of crab’s flavor.

お腹にはまだ余裕がありましたが、このあと運河祭にも行くので、食べるのはこのへんにして、持ち帰り用のものを探そうと、生鮮食品のブースを見て回っていると、うなぎのかば焼き700円というのを発見。

I could eat more, but I stop eating because I also intended to eat at Canal Festival after that. I looked around booths of fresh food to choose something to bring home, and found a grilled eel. The price was 700 JPY.

きょうび、これだけのうなぎ1尾まるごとで700円とは格安です。夕食をうなぎに決定して購入しました。

Recently, 700 JPY is very low price for a whole eel. I bought it for dinner.

そのころ、ステージではくまもんが登場して大盛り上がり。

At the time, Kumamon came on the stage and the audience is so excited.

私はというと、農産品試食ブースで、兵庫県産のしそジュースを発見。試飲してみると、爽やかな紫蘇の香りとほどよい甘さで、もっと飲みたくなる味です。青紫蘇と赤紫蘇を1本ずつ購入しました。

I found perilla juice made in Hyogo Prefecture at the booth of agriculture products. I tasted it and liked its freshening flavor and proper sweetness. I bought each bottle of green perilla juice and red perilla juice.