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World's Coldest BBQ Festival | Hokkaido ★ ONLY in JAPAN

Japan's Extreme North in Hokkaido is home to some frigid towns like Kitami, Rikubetsu and Abashiri. In the middle of winter and at night, one town has a festival - outside in below zero temperature - to grill meat. It's the world's coldest BBQ festival with over 2,000 people coming together to grill Kiami's famous pork short rib cuts called Karubi. I drove north from Sapporo to experience it and eat as much barbecue as my stomach could hold. On the way, I stopped in Rikubetsu and spend that night at the town's roadhouse where temperatures dropped to -27C / -16.6F. The cold record for here is -38.4C or -37.1F on February 7, 2019. The Kitami Extreme Cold Yakiniku Festival 北見厳寒の焼き肉まつり is held annually in February, tickets are 2000 yen but sell out fast. Book in advance. URL: http://kitamikanko.jp/event/event15.html 00:00 Start 00:53 Driving Hokkaido in Winter 01:48 Where are we going? 02:46 BBQ Event Arrival 03:26 Why do they hold this event? 04:28 Rikubetsu, Japan's Coldest Town 05:08 Abashiri Ice Breaker Cruise 05:52 People love meat here! 06:26 Bag of meat for event 07:10 What is Yakiniku? 07:58 Horumon-yaki, grilled organ meat 08:17 Kitami Yakiniku History 09:21 Cooking my meat 10:58 Crazy guy eats Ice Cream at -20C 11:08 Conclusion ★ The ONLY in JAPAN Animated Opening was created for John by D'ART Shtajio https://dartshtajio.com/ ◉ Media Inquiries & Questions: Please contact me through http://onlyinjapan.tv John Daub has been a reporter for NHK World TV since 2008 and YouTube creator & producer of the ONLY in JAPAN series building a community of over 1.6M. Thanks for watching! #onlyinjapan #Hokkaido #Japan