Get ready for a weekend of fish frenzy. The Sakana Japan Festival is one of the nation’s largest annual seafood events, celebrating the abundance of Japan’s ocean bounty and supporting the fishing communities along the country’s coastlines.
The Osaka leg of the festival will take place from March 19 to 22 at Expo ’70 Commemorative Park, where the main highlight will be a live tuna-slicing show. As for the eats, you can look forward to tuna, salmon and salmon roe, nodoguro (black-throated seaperch), sea urchin, scallops, oysters, crab and more in the form of traditional fisherman’s meals in various regional styles, plus seafood delicacies from Western, Chinese and other international cuisines.
Vendors at the event accept most credit cards, electronic money and cash. Admission costs ¥500 per person, but note that a separate admission fee (¥260 for adults, ¥80 for children in junior high school and younger) for the park is also required.