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00:00This is Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, also known as Little Brazil in Japan.
00:08Every month, a variety of foreign food stalls gather in this town for an event.
00:14It's called Ikina Sekai no Gurume Yokocho.
00:18In this special episode, we will introduce you to a variety of foreign food stalls in South America.
00:36The World of Foreign Food in Biliyani
00:48Oizumi Town, Gunma Prefecture
00:56Oizumi Town, Gunma Prefecture is known for its large population of foreigners.
01:03Every month, a variety of foreign food stalls gather in this town for an event.
01:13Izumi-ryokudou, located on Hanamizuki-dori, which was chosen as one of the 100 best roads in Japan,
01:19was built using the remains of a freight railroad.
01:25In the middle of this road is Hana-no-Hiroba, an event venue.
01:32Early in the morning, a variety of foreign food stalls,
01:36gathered from all over Gunma Prefecture, are busy preparing for the event.
01:45Ito Hodorigo-san, a Japanese-Brazilian, was preparing for the event.
01:59Hodorigo-san was born in São Paulo, Brazil.
02:03He came to Japan in 2020 following his parents, who were already working in Japan.
02:10Although he was Japanese, he had a hard time entering the country because he was an adult.
02:17Even so, there was a reason why he wanted to come to Japan.
02:23I love Japanese culture.
02:29Yes, anime.
02:31Anime is 100 years old, right?
02:34Yes, yes, 100 years old.
02:37That's right.
02:39Pokemon, right?
02:41Pokemon, Nintendo, right?
02:44I like Nintendo.
02:48Hodorigo-san was learning marketing in Brazil,
02:52but in Japan, he had no hope.
02:58However, he was able to work at Bill Milk, a Brazilian-style cheese factory in Oizumimachi.
03:13Hodorigo-san, who learned the know-how of catering and kitchen cars here,
03:19opened a restaurant in Oizumimachi with his parents in 2023.
03:31His mother, Nijiya-san, was also running a restaurant in Brazil,
03:36and she was confident in her cooking skills.
03:42She wanted to share her mother's cooking with more people.
03:49With that thought in mind, Hodorigo-san started a kitchen car.
04:00The event started at 11 am.
04:06Customers immediately came to Hodorigo-san's kitchen car.
04:11Kitchen cars in Recanto Brazil mainly sell croquettes.
04:22Brazilian croquettes are called coxinhas.
04:26The shape of the droplet is unique, right?
04:31The coxinha, which is wrapped in boiled chicken and boiled potatoes,
04:36is a staple snack dish in Brazil.
04:41Hodorigo-san's mother added another dish to add texture.
04:49This is pasta and chicken.
04:57It's popular in Brazil. It's delicious.
05:03We asked a Peruvian about the taste of Brazilian croquettes.
05:19Let's eat.
05:23It's delicious.
05:25It's delicious.
05:31You eat too.
05:41It's delicious. I like it. It's similar to Peruvian croquettes.
05:47It's crunchy. The dough is a bit crunchy.
05:52I like it. It's delicious.
05:55It has everything.
06:06It's delicious. It's very delicious.
06:09It's delicious.
06:11It's delicious.
06:13The difference is that the name is stuffed potato and this is different coxinha.
06:19Even in the same South American continent,
06:22in Brazil on the west coast and Peru on the east coast,
06:26the name and flavor of croquettes are different,
06:30but there is no border between deliciousness.
06:35After this, we will introduce the brazilian croquettes.
06:49In the afternoon, people from all over the world came to the Ikina World's Gourmet Yokocho.
06:57This event is held once a month from spring to autumn.
07:03Because the food from all over the world can be easily tasted,
07:07it has become a popular event where many people come.
07:12This event started in 2010.
07:17Before that, a committee was created to activate Oji-in-machi.
07:23There are members of the Tokyo-kan, city staff,
07:28and restaurant staff.
07:30How can they be connected to this activity?
07:35There are many people from various countries.
07:38This is a good opportunity to attract tourists from all over the world.
07:44There are many people who live in the city,
07:47and there are many people who have shops in the city.
07:52On average, there are 20 shops in 10 countries,
07:56and there is also a stage.
07:58The main is samba.
08:00There are people from Nepal, Vietnam, and many other countries.
08:05Therefore, visitors from various countries come to this event.
08:11More than 20% of the population of Oji-in-machi is foreigners.
08:16The city is an active source of tourism,
08:19and there are events where you can easily experience international exchange
08:23and a tour of the city.
08:25In the afternoon, many visitors came to the kitchen of Mr. Kodorigo,
08:30a Brazilian restaurant.
08:35What Mr. Kodorigo was particular about when he started the kitchen,
08:39was to serve freshly fried croquettes to the guests.
08:44He said that the croquettes were delicious,
08:47and he wanted to introduce them to the guests.
08:50What Mr. Kodorigo was particular about when he started the kitchen,
08:54was to serve freshly fried croquettes to the guests.
08:57Therefore, he equipped a fryer in the car.
09:03The croquettes are fried after receiving an order from the guests,
09:07except for large-sized koshinya.
09:11Cheese croquette.
09:19Therefore, it takes a little time to finish,
09:23but you can give hot croquettes to the guests.
09:31What he's frying now is cheese croquette.
09:36This product is cheese croquette.
09:39In Brazil, it's called Bolognese cheese.
09:42Many Japanese people love it.
09:45It's the best product in Oizumi.
09:50Cheese croquette from Mr. Kodorigo's restaurant
09:53won the popular No. 1 prize at the Shokowan Grand Prix
09:58held at the Oizumi Industrial Festival in 2024.
10:03It's crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.
10:07It's an exquisite croquette with rich cheese stretching out.
10:15In search of this cheese croquette,
10:18regular customers came to Mr. Kodorigo's kitchen car.
10:33It's like today.
10:35It's an international event.
10:41So, what happens?
10:45Sometimes I have a lot of Japanese customers.
10:48It makes me very happy to know that Brazilian cuisine
10:52is gaining strength here in Japan.
10:57My mother's cuisine is becoming more and more Japanese.
11:09Besides Mr. Kodorigo's kitchen car,
11:12there are many stalls at the venue.
11:16The smoke is so strong that it catches the eye
11:19of the Brazilian restaurant, Bacana.
11:27On the iron plate,
11:29a Brazilian-style hot dog is being cooked.
11:35The name of the hot dog is Inu.
11:38Kenchi means warm,
11:40so it's like a direct translation of hot dog.
11:44A lot of chopped vegetables such as onions and tomatoes are put on top,
11:49and a sausage called salsicha is sandwiched between them.
11:52The hot dog Kenchi is done.
11:57On the grill next to the iron plate,
12:00a Brazilian-style hot dog called churrasco is being cooked.
12:07The white smoke was rising from here.
12:13It's a little hard.
12:17The meat is very soft.
12:20The meat is very soft.
12:24This seasoning of our meat is a family seasoning.
12:27We've been using it for 30 years.
12:31Let's taste the churrasco,
12:33which has been preserved for 30 years.
12:39The salt is quite strong.
12:42The meat is softer than I thought.
12:45It's not soft at all. It's delicious.
12:48Does it look hard?
12:50Yes, it's not hard at all.
12:53It feels like it's going to melt in my mouth.
12:56The taste is totally different from other stores.
13:01But it's delicious.
13:04There are a lot of Brazilian-related stalls
13:07only in Oizumi, where there are a lot of Brazilians.
13:11But what caught my eye was the pizza kitchen.
13:15There are a lot of immigrants from Italy in Brazil,
13:18and it is said that Italian blood is flowing in Mr. Hodorigo.
13:24I asked the Brazilian parents about the taste of pizza,
13:28which is said to be different from Italian pizza.
13:35It's really delicious.
13:37The cheese is soft.
13:40It's like bacon.
13:42How can I say?
13:45It's hard to say in Japanese.
13:48It's crispy and delicious.
13:52Is it good?
13:55Is it good?
14:00After this, we will introduce the dishes from other countries
14:03other than Brazil, which were featured in the event.
14:07GORONDOLINA
14:14Next to the Lecanto Brasil Hotel was the kitchen of Paraguay,
14:20GORONDOLINA.
14:24Paraguay is an inland country between Brazil and Argentina,
14:29and unlike Brazil, which speaks Portuguese,
14:32the language is Spanish.
14:36But Portuguese and Spanish are very similar languages,
14:40so it seems that they can communicate in everyday conversation.
14:46Then, please tell me the representative dish of Paraguay.
14:51There are various dishes.
14:54This is called BOLIBOLI.
14:57It's a soup.
15:00This is the most delicious soup in the world.
15:11This is Paraguay's traditional dish, BOLIBOLI.
15:15It's a soup with corn dumplings and chicken.
15:21Is this corn?
15:23Yes, it is.
15:24We add a little bit of corn and cheese,
15:29and mix it with the soup to make dumplings.
15:35Even so, BOLIBOLI is a strange name.
15:40What is it?
15:41BOLIBOLI is a round dumpling in Paraguay.
15:49It's a world of deep Paraguayan cuisine.
15:53What other dishes are there?
15:57This is empanada.
15:58What is empanada?
16:00It's like gyoza, but bigger.
16:05It's like deep-fried gyoza.
16:07It's deep-fried.
16:10The dough is made of flour, eggs, and milk.
16:17It has beef in it.
16:20Empanada is a popular dish in many countries,
16:24including Latin America,
16:27as well as Paraguay.
16:32The empanada in this restaurant is said to be
16:35proud of its spicy beef.
16:39Cheese bread with the same meat as empanada is also popular.
16:45Cheese bread, chipasso, is also popular.
16:50We asked the family who bought chipasso
16:53how it tastes.
16:58Eat it.
17:03You can hold it with both hands.
17:07How is it?
17:08I can taste the cheese.
17:11I can taste the cheese and the beef.
17:22Next to Golondrina is Costa del Sol,
17:25a Mexican and Peruvian restaurant.
17:30Their proud dish is called the Peruvian national dish,
17:34lomo saltado.
17:41Yes!
17:45The beef is fried on high heat.
17:50In Spanish, lomo means beef,
17:53and saltado means stir-fry.
17:58Lomo saltado is the most popular dish in Peru.
18:03I make it as original as I can.
18:07It's important for the fire to go into the meat.
18:12I make it with a lot of love.
18:15That's why it's the most delicious.
18:20Let's try the lomo saltado,
18:23which is full of love.
18:26Let's try the lomo saltado,
18:29which is full of love.
18:34They are a couple of Bolivians and Brazilians.
18:42It's delicious.
18:44I'm a Bolivian, and this is a Peruvian dish.
18:48It's similar to the taste of our country.
18:51It's delicious.
18:54If I had to rate it from 1 to 10,
18:57I'd give it a 10.
18:59But in Peru,
19:01depending on the region,
19:03it's more seasoned than in Brazil.
19:05But it's delicious.
19:09As expected,
19:10Oizumi is a city where multiculturalism is flourishing.
19:14Not only the stalls,
19:16but the customers are also full of international food.
19:21At the same Peruvian stall,
19:23they mainly sell sweets.
19:29What kind of sweets do you sell?
19:32Peruvian sweets.
19:34This is a fried donut with pumpkin and sweet potato.
19:39It doesn't have sugar in it,
19:42so it's made with black miso.
19:46You can adjust the sweetness here.
19:49This is a spice cookie.
19:52This time, it's a Christmas theme.
19:56Usually, it's a round Mitsuan cookie.
20:01In Peru, do you eat this for Christmas?
20:04We usually eat it for Christmas.
20:07We eat it with tea.
20:09In Japan, we eat it with senbei.
20:11We drink it with tea,
20:13and we call it rosquita.
20:16The most popular one is alfajores.
20:20Alfajores is a sandwich cookie with caramel.
20:26There are various kinds of sweets in Peru.
20:31They all look delicious.
20:36In addition to sweets,
20:38Rosil Dalsis also sells the traditional Peruvian stall menu,
20:42Anticucho.
20:45The beef heart is skewered,
20:48and the Anticucho is seasoned with a special sauce.
20:52You can enjoy the chewy texture and juicy meat flavor.
20:57It's delicious.
21:01It's good.
21:04Is it okay?
21:09It's good.
21:13After this, the samba stage in Brazil,
21:16where the birds of the event are displayed, will begin.
21:19Brazilian Samba
21:27Please enjoy the Brazilian samba.
21:30Samba, samba, samba.
21:33The event, attended by many people, is coming to an end.
21:37On the stage, the Brazilian culture's flower,
21:40samba, will begin.
21:49Samba, samba, samba.
21:58The audience, who are dancing to the sound of the Latin music,
22:02are also enjoying the festival.
22:06Samba, samba, samba.
22:18The event ends at 4 p.m.
22:23Mr. Hodorigo's kitchen car is about to close.
22:29Mr. Hodorigo works hard every day,
22:32but he still has some worries.
22:36Japanese is very difficult.
22:40I understand Japanese.
22:42But it's a little difficult to speak.
22:44It's difficult.
22:47Japanese is very difficult.
22:51I study Japanese every day.
22:54Hiragana, Katakana, and ordinary Kanji.
22:58I'm okay.
23:00But other Kanji and other words are difficult.
23:09The tourism association in Oizumi-machi
23:12supported Mr. Hodorigo.
23:19I think there is a problem with Japanese.
23:23There are rules in the class.
23:26You have to participate after you understand the rules.
23:31We will explain the rules to those who are not fluent in Japanese.
23:36We will explain the rules to those who are not fluent in Japanese.
23:41We will explain the rules to those who are not fluent in Japanese.
23:44I've been here for a year and three months.
23:47I feel very supported by them.
23:52Whenever there is an event or something,
23:56they always support me.
23:59They always have a smile on their face.
24:04In Oizumi-machi, many foreigners run their shops and succeed.
24:10This is thanks to the warm support of many people,
24:13including the tourism association.
24:17Finally, we asked Mr. Hodorigo about his future dreams.
24:24I want to be Brazilian.
24:26But because my grandmother is Nihonjin,
24:31and because my grandmother cooks,
24:33I think the taste is softer.
24:38It's not as choppy as the traditional Brazilian taste.
24:45I want the taste to be similar to the taste of Japanese people,
24:49so that I can have many units all over Japan.
24:58Foreigners who work hard to make their dreams come true,
25:01and people who support them.
25:05In a city where multiculturalism has advanced,
25:08Oizumi-machi's tourism association is holding a gourmet trip around the world.
25:15This is an event where people from all over the world can enjoy their food,
25:18and interact with foreigners.
25:22It's closed during the winter, but it will be open again in the spring.
25:29When the next spring comes,
25:31why don't you try the world's gourmet food in Oizumi-machi, Gunma Prefecture?
25:48The world is
25:50tight
25:53Oizumi
26:01Oizumi-machi