Ishikari, Hokkaido ¨C Ishikari, a coastal city of about 58,000 just outside Sapporo, has long been known nationally for one product: salmon.
Its processing plants send dried and canned products to restaurants and supermarkets throughout Japan and Ishikari nabe (hot pot) ¡ª featuring salmon stewed in a miso broth ¡ª is naturally the city¡¯s signature dish.
But the city on the Sea of Japan coast is now hoping to stake out another claim to fame.
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