食べてよし！見てよし！「ホタルイカ祭り」に多くの家族連れ　富山・滑川市(2024年4月28日)

Delicious! Fun! Many families come to attend the "Firefly Squid Festival" Namekawa City, Toyama (2024/04/28)

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日本有数のホタルイカの産地、富山県滑川市で食べてよし！見てよし！ホタルイカ三昧のイベントが27日、開かれました。　
On the 27th, the Eat Delicious event! Fun! Enjoy firefly squid in Namekawa City, Toyama Prefecture, one of Japan's leading firefly squid producers.
1分間に何匹すくえるかを競う「ホタルイカすくいコンテスト」です。　
This is the "Firefly Squid Picking Contest", where participants compete to see how many squids they can scoop up in one minute.
元気に泳ぐホタルイカを子どもたちが一生懸命に網ですくいます。
The children are diligently catching the lively swimming firefly squids with their nets.
「素早く動くので、すくうのが難しかったです」
“It moved very fast so it was difficult to pick it up.”
ゴールデンウィーク初日となった27日、「ホタルイカ祭り」は滑川市のほたるいかミュージアム周辺で開かれ、
On the 27th, the first day of Golden Week, the Firefly Squid Festival is held near the Firefly Squid Museum in Namekawa City
多くの家族連れなどが獲れたてのホタルイカの天ぷらやしゃぶしゃぶなど旬の味覚を堪能しました。
many families enjoy seasonal delicacies such as freshly caught firefly squid tempura and shabu-shabu.
「美味しい？美味しい。」
"Is it delicious? Delicious."
今年のホタルイカ漁は3月1日の解禁以来、豊漁が続いていて、例年の2倍以上の水揚げが見込まれています。　
This year's firefly squid fishery continues to be bumper since the ban was lifted on March 1, and the catch is expected to be more than double that of previous years.
去年は歴史的な不漁だっただけに、来場者らはホタルイカを存分に満喫していました。
Visitors were able to enjoy the firefly squid to the fullest, as last year's catch was historically poor.

日本有数のホタルイカの産地、富山県滑川市で食べてよし！見てよし！ホタルイカ三昧のイベントが27日、開かれました。　

市

City

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

日本

Japan

県

Territory (pre-taika: under the yamato court; heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); countryside

産地

Producing area

見

View (of life, etc.), outlook

イベント

Event

有数

Prominent, leading, foremost, distinguished

三昧

indulgence, luxury
1分間に何匹すくえるかを競う「ホタルイカすくいコンテスト」です。　

何

What; how many; you-know-what, that; whatsit, what''s the expression, what do you call them; what?; hey!

分間

~ minutes interval

競う

To compete with; to emulate

匹

Counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

コンテスト

Contest
元気に泳ぐホタルイカを子どもたちが一生懸命に網ですくいます。

一生懸命

Very hard, with utmost effort, with all one''s might, for dear life

網

Net, netting; web

泳ぐ

To swim

元気

Lively, full of spirit, energetic, vigorous, vital, spirited; healthy, well, fit, in good health
「素早く動くので、すくうのが難しかったです」

動く

To move, to stir, to shift, to shake, to swing; to operate, to run, to go, to work; to be touched, to be influenced; to change, to vary, to fluctuate, to waver; certain, factual; to be transferred
ゴールデンウィーク初日となった27日、「ホタルイカ祭り」は滑川市のほたるいかミュージアム周辺で開かれ、

市

City

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

周辺

Circumference, outskirts, environs, around, in the area of, in the vicinity of; (computer) peripheral

初日

New year''s day sunrise

ゴールデンウィーク

Golden week (early-may holiday season in japan)

ミュージアム

Museum
多くの家族連れなどが獲れたてのホタルイカの天ぷらやしゃぶしゃぶなど旬の味覚を堪能しました。

連れ

Companion, company

家族

Family, members of a family

多く

Many, much, largely, abundantly, mostly

味覚

Taste, palate, sense of taste

天ぷら

Tempura, deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

堪能

Proficient, skillful; enjoying, satisfaction, satiation, having one''s fill (of)

しゃぶしゃぶ

Shabu-shabu (thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce)

旬

Ten-day period
「美味しい？美味しい。」

美味しい

Delicious, tasty, sweet
今年のホタルイカ漁は3月1日の解禁以来、豊漁が続いていて、例年の2倍以上の水揚げが見込まれています。　

以上

Not less than, ... and more, ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one''s means), further (e.g. nothing further to say), more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned, foregoing; since ..., seeing that ..; this is all, that is the end, the end

倍

Twice, double; times, -fold

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

以来

Since, henceforth

月

Monday

今年

This year

解禁

Lifting a ban

漁

Fishing, gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish), haul

例年

Average (normal, ordinary) year; every year, annually

水揚げ

Landing, unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish), takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha); preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)

豊漁

good catch, good haul
去年は歴史的な不漁だっただけに、来場者らはホタルイカを存分に満喫していました。

歴史

History

者

Person

的

Mark, target

去年

Last year

満喫

Having enough of (food, drink, etc.), having one''s fill; fully enjoying

存分

To one''s heart''s content, as much as one wants

来場

Attendance

不漁

poor catch