The ``Food & Craft Festival Shirakami Peaks 2024'', an event to enjoy Nishimeya in winter, will be held on February 10th at the roadside station ``Tsugaru Shirakami'' (Nishimeya Village, Nakatsugaru District). Sponsored by the Roadside Station Tsugaru Shirakami Revitalization Council.

The theme of this event is ``Nature and Food Culture,'' which takes place in the Shirakami Mountains, a World Natural Heritage Site. This year marks the fourth time the event has been held since 2021.

This time, the event will be divided into three areas: "Food," "Play," and "Academics," and will be held over four days on February 10th, 11th, 17th, and 18th. In the food category, wine, cider, and game dishes will be sold. They also sell Shirakami soba made with locally produced buckwheat flour and Meya tofu made using traditional methods.

``Yu'' will be held at the adjacent Shirakami Visitor Center on February 17th and 18th, and will offer snow activities such as snow rafting, mini snowshoe trekking, igloo building experience, and the installation of a large slide. ``Gaku'' offers cultural and craft experiences such as roasting coffee beans over charcoal, making charcoal candles, and making key chains using bear skin.

At the venue, Montbell's original product ``Kogin Pattern Clima Air (Thick) Muffler'' (3,300 yen) will be resold for the first time in two years. Mr. Iemasa Yamabata, owner of the website ``kogin.net'', which disseminates Kogin sashi to the world, is a product that arranges the ``kutsuwa tsunagi'', which were used in Nishi kogin kimonos to ward off evil spirits, into a mountain shape inspired by the Shirakami Mountains. Designed by.

The event is held from 9:00 to 15:00. free entrance.