30,000 Servings of Traditional Taro Soup Sold Despite Rain in Yamagata

A traditional festival in Yamagata showcased the cooking of taro soup in ⁣a massive pot. Despite a thunderstorm, the event on the banks of the Mamigasaki ⁤River successfully prepared and sold out ‍approximately 30,000 servings. The ⁢pot, measuring 6.5 meters in diameter, utilized two excavators to mix ingredients such as 3.2 tons of taro, 1.2 ⁣tons of beef, and 3,500 green onions. The cooking process‍ lasted around 4½ hours and involved using ‌a crane to hang a large wooden lid over the pot to protect it from the rain.