Ofunato Sanma Ramen

Funato City, Iwate Prefecture boasting one of the leading Pacific saury landings in the whole country, launched a project in autumn 2010 to make a ramen using the saury. Ten shops such including restaurants and hotels participated in the project and developed a saury ramen by various methods, but at the time of the Great East Japan great earthquake, the project was in danger of the being discontinued. However, saury ramen was revived and now has undergone a big boom!!