物産展(ぶっさんてん)

ぶっさんてん
noun
regional products fair
shoppingfood
1. regional products fair
A sales event, typically held in a department store, where food and crafts from a particular region of Japan, or from abroad, are sold for a limited period.
北海道(ほっかいどう)物産展(ぶっさんてん)に行(い)った。
I went to a Hokkaido products fair.
There is a Kyushu products fair on at the department store.
A long line formed before opening time to buy box lunches from a famous shop at the products fair.

Cultural note

物産展(ぶっさんてん) are a fixture of Japanese department stores, and the Hokkaido fair, with its crab, sweets and dairy products, is the most popular of all. They let shoppers buy famous local foods without traveling, and often draw crowds on the first day.

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