Utsunomiya gyoza matsuri 2009

宇都宮餃子祭り2009, because even dumplings need its very own festival, especially in Utsunomiya:

yep, that's gyoza, Japanese pierogis of sorts.

at the Min-Min stand the wait was about 1 hour. We went to a different stand and only waited about 30 minutes. No pics of actual dumplings, because that stuff is made to be eaten, not photographed.

This, on the other hand, was made to be photographed. Our very lame but very famous gyoza statue. Yep, in this town we have a statue to honor a dumpling.

Wrote about it here.