WASHOKU – Try Japan’s Good Food Reception

On September 13, Consul General Ito hosted a promotional event, ‘WASHOKU – Try Japan’s Good Food’, at his official residence in Vancouver. The event was co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, and the JETRO Vancouver Office. Local businesses, Canadian government agencies, media, retail, distribution and restauranteurs were invited to the event.  This event aimed to promote the export of safe, secure and high quality Japanese agricultural and marine products overseas.

Honorable Steve Thomson, BC Minister of Agriculture and Land with Consul General Ito and chefs

Chefs from Tojo’s Restaurant barbecue wild salmon with Cyan Cyan Sauce

Consul General's chef demonstrates the filleting of Yellowtail

Site of event (front table served Fukuoka products)

Sake tasting

Yamagata products, including rice balls made from "Tsuya-hime" rice

Tea served by Urasenke

Sampling Shizuoka melons, Yamagata mandarin oranges and Hiroshima pears