One the first Sunday of September there is a Sanma festival held in Meguro (not to be confused with Australia's father’s day).
I've also uploaded a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR9CFJdyMeY
The festival is based on an Edo period story where a feudal lord liked the grilled sanma so much that he had his servants look for, and grill, as many sanma as they could find but apparently they were never fatty enough for the lord’s taste.
People also queued in side streets for some free raman – always love a queue.
I've also uploaded a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR9CFJdyMeY
The festival is based on an Edo period story where a feudal lord liked the grilled sanma so much that he had his servants look for, and grill, as many sanma as they could find but apparently they were never fatty enough for the lord’s taste.
The grilled fish are given away and crowds queue for over a kilometre to get one of the fish. There was no shortage of people out looking for a free grilled fish.
This year’s festival included 6000 fish from tsunami affected areas of Tohoku. The fish are served with lemon and grated daikon.
In conjunction with the sanma festival a market was held in nearby side streets. You can be sure that it’s a festival because there are mascots and monkeys.
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