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Hello, everyone. Today I'd like to tell you about the contest held last week. Even now
I can't believe I got the first prize. In this contest, I told people about the way
to revitalize our town. I presented my idea about making a new food by using scallops,
a local specialty here. Scallop means hotate in Japanese. To get ready for my idea, I thought
about what the famous things were in our town. We can see the beautiful sunrise over the
sea. On every New Year's Day, a lot of people from other towns come to see it. Next, our
town is famous for a large catch of scallops. Fishers have caught and sent them all over
Japan. Carrots from our town are also famous. My mother cooks good food with these carrots.
I found that they're good things here, and decided to use scallops and carrots together
to make something new. After thinking of that for a few days, I decided to make special
buns with the following features. Cooked scallops are put in the bun. Carrot is mixed into the
dough to make the color of the bun orange like the sunrise. I named the bun "Hotate-Sun."
The word "Sun" is from the sunrise. I also made a character to make the bun more
attractive. Its face is a scallop with two eyes and a mouth. It raises both hands, and
has a cap on its head. After getting these ideas, I decided to present them in the contest.
In the contest, I explained how I got the idea of "Hotate-Sun" and showed the character
to the people there. I told that I really love our town and want it to become more famous.
After finishing presenting my ideas, I got comments from the judges. First, a woman said,
"The food is very interesting. If it becomes true, I think many people living in other
towns would like to eat "Hotate-Sun," and our town will be more popular. I think the
fishers will become happy when they think about the people who eat scallops from our
town." Next, a man said, "Making a new local specialty is a useful way to introduce our
town to people. I'd like to put your cute
character on the town's web page. I also love our town as much as you do. So I'm really
happy to know how you feel about our town." I was excited to hear that.
Through this experience, I looked at our town more than before and found that it has many
good things. Learning more about our town is important to show it to people. I'll keep
trying to find what I can do for our town. Thank you for listening.