Kyushu is the third largest of Japanโs main four islands. Itโs also the southernmost, and has about 14.5 million inhabitants, giving it one of the highest population densities in the country. It also has important industrial infrastructure. Along its eastern coast, two cities, Nobeoka and Saeki, have, since 2021, been working together to create a new economic and cultural area based on the keywords โfoodโ and โcooperation.โ Theyโve given it the title โBasquification Plan for the East of Kyushuโ or โBasque Initiative of Eastern Kyushu.โ
And theyโre going about it the right way from the start, as they are clear about the fact that the โBasque Countryโ straddles both sides of the Pyrenees between France and Spain.
The reason for defining this plan as โBasquificationโ can be found in a very graphic way, setting San Sebastian up as the best gourmet city in the world:
โthe Basque region, which straddles the European countries of France and Spain, is famous for having achieved innovative and unique development in culture, food, and art, and Basque cuisine in particular is world-renowned. It continues to influence cuisine and is highly regarded. This is an attempt to create excitement in the area of โโEast Kyushu, centered around Nobeoka, like this gastronomic town in the Basque Country.โ
One of the tools that theyโve set out to achieving this position is the Nobeoka Gastronomic Societyโs reunion, which was held on Tuesday, January 23 in Shinbashi, Tokyo. It was this that allowed us to discover this story thanks to an article by Koji Nakajima on the website BRAVO MOUNTAIN.
We imagine that on reading the name โNobeoka Gastronรณmica,โ many of our readers will have recalled the San Sebastiรกn Gastronomika, which has been held there for over 25 years, which weโve mentioned on occasion.
The Nobeoka Gastronomic event is organized by food critic Masuhiro Yamamoto, who is an โold friendโ of the San Sebastiรกn Gastronomika. But in this case, the event was not held in the city or even region that organized it, but rather in the heart of Tokyo.
We never cease to be amazed by how Basque cuisine is a benchmark around the world, to the point that an area with amazing cuisine and ingredients wants to become โmore Basque.โ They explain:
โThis regionโs climate, natural features, sea and mountain delicacies, and agricultural and livestock products are world-class. Letโs polish and cook each sparkling raw stone, and share its deliciousness with the world. What we harvest here, we offer here. โFrom the land to the table, from the sea to the plate.โ This is Kyushuโs Basque Country, full of rich ingredients.โ
Even the name of the public body itself states it: ๆฑไนๅทใในใฏๅๆงๆณๅปถๅฒกๆจ้ฒๅ่ญฐไผ๏ผๆฑไนๅทใในใฏๅๆงๆณๆจ้ฒๅฎค๏ผ. That is, โEast Kyushu Basque Concept Nobeoka Promotion Council (East Kyushu Basque Concept Promotion Office).โ
The world never stops surprising us; this time, quite pleasantly.
Weโll leave you with the Bravo Mountain article about the Nobeoka Gastronรณmica event, and the website that explains the โBasquificationโ plan for eastern Kyushu Island.
Bravo Mountain โ 18/2/2024 โ Japan
็พ้ฃใฎไผ้ๅธซ ๅฑฑๆฌ็ๅๆฐใใใญใใฅใผใน๏ผ ๅฎฎๅด็ๅปถๅฒกๅธใๆจ้ฒใใ โ็พ้ฃใฎ่กโ ใใญใธใงใฏใใใฎในใใใฌในใใญใใใซใใใใฆใๆฑไนๅทใในใฏๅๆงๆณใใจใฏ๏ผใ็ทจ้้จใชใใผใใ
ๅฎฎๅด็ๅปถๅฒกๅธใๆจ้ฒใใๅฐๅๆฏ่ๅใณๆฐใใช่ฆณๅ ๆฝ็ญใฎๆงๆณใใๆซ้ฒ็ฎใใใคใใณใใๅ ๆฅ้ๅฌใใใ็งใณใผใธใผไธญๅถใๅๆใใฆใใใฎใงใชใใผใใใใใฆใใใ ใใพใใ
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Goodeat Goodlife โ โ Japan
ๆฑไนๅทใในใฏๅๆงๆณใจใฏ๏ผ
ไธ็ไธใฎ็พ้ฃใฎ่กใจ่จใใใใตใณใปใปใในใใฃใณใๆใใใใฉใณในใปในใใคใณใซใพใใใใในใฏๅฐๆนใใขใใผใใซใไนๅทใง๏ผไฝใ๏ผไฝใฎ้ข็ฉใ่ชใใๆตทใปๅฑฑใปๅทใฎ่ฑใใชๆตใฟใไบซๅใใๅปถๅฒกๅธใจไฝไผฏๅธใใใ้ฃใใจใ้ฃๆบใใใญใผใฏใผใใจใใฆๆฐใใช็ตๆธใปๆๅๅใฎๅฝขๆใ็ฎๆใใฆใไปคๅ3ๅนดๅบฆใพใงๅใ็ตใใงใใพใใใ
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Last Updated on May 17, 2024 by About Basque Country