Fukuno Year-End Grand Market

About this event

"Toshi no Oichi" (Year-End Grand Market) is a traditional event in the Fukuno area that has continued since the town's founding in Keian 3 (1650). Among the morning markets held on days ending in 2 and 7 each month, this is the final market of the year, held on December 27. Around the intersection near JR Fukuno Station, stalls line the streets offering a variety of goods such as New Year decorations, vegetables, salted and dried fish, and cut flowers, buzzing with many shoppers enjoying year-end shopping. It is a year-end tradition of Fukuno where traditional rustic warmth and vibrancy can be felt. Spirited vendor shouts echo all around, and in the bustling year-end atmosphere of central Fukuno, the streets overflow with New Year supplies such as yellowtail (buri) and herring roe (kazunoko), fresh vegetables, as well as wooden products like mortaring usu, pestles (kine), and steamers (seiro), which are symbols of the market. The morning market, with over 350 years of history, runs from April through December, and each year the final event on December 27 is the Toshi no Oichi. Filled with the earthy scent and warm local hospitality, this year-end grand market bustles with people throughout the day.

Venue

Hokuriku Bank

1831 Fukuno, Nanto, Toyama 939-1561