[Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture] Celebrating 30th Anniversary with School Lunch! Tasting SDGs Menu Using 'Substandard Pears' with the Mayor. Hosting a Food Education Lunch Connecting Local Farmers' Passions
Inzai City held a special 'Anniversary School Lunch' event at Takino Elementary School to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The event featured a menu designed to promote local consumption and SDGs, including a jelly made from upcycled substandard pears.
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Thoughts on "Local Consumption" and Food Education Promoted by Inzai City
Inzai City is actively incorporating fresh, locally grown agricultural products into school lunches, creating opportunities for children to "know, taste, and be proud of local ingredients."
Tasting vegetables and fruits carefully grown by local farmers in school lunches is not only a way to experience food safety and security but also an opportunity to feel the charm of the local area close at hand.
Hosting the Anniversary School Lunch Event
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the city's incorporation, we held an "Anniversary School Lunch" event with the aim of fostering children's attachment to their hometown of Inzai City and deepening their understanding of local consumption and the SDGs.
The school lunch menu featured special items utilizing local blessings, such as vegetables grown in Inzai and Inzai-grown Koshihikari rice. Among them, the highlight was the pear jelly made from "substandard pears" that did not meet shipping standards and would otherwise be discarded. It is an SDGs menu developed with the aim of reducing food loss, and the packaging was designed with the city's mascot character "Inzai-kun" and the city flower, cosmos.
During lunchtime, Inzai-kun made a surprise appearance, and a food education video introducing messages from local farmers was shown, creating a warm atmosphere throughout the event.
Anniversary School Lunch Menu
- [Saffron Rice] made with Inzai-grown Koshihikari rice
- [Inzai-kun's Pink Cream Sauce] using Inzai-grown beets
- [Inzai-kun Tamagoyaki] with Inzai-kun stamped on it
- [Coleslaw Salad] using Inzai-grown cabbage, cucumbers, and carrots
- [Pear Jelly] made from substandard Inzai-grown pears
- Milk
Event Overview
Date and Time: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 12:15 PM to 12:35 PM (20 minutes)
Location: Inzai Municipal Takino Elementary School (1st-floor lunchroom)
Inquiries
Central School Lunch Center, School Lunch Division, Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture
TEL: 0476-33-3316
Inzai City is actively incorporating fresh, locally grown agricultural products into school lunches, creating opportunities for children to "know, taste, and be proud of local ingredients."
Tasting vegetables and fruits carefully grown by local farmers in school lunches is not only a way to experience food safety and security but also an opportunity to feel the charm of the local area close at hand.
Hosting the Anniversary School Lunch Event
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the city's incorporation, we held an "Anniversary School Lunch" event with the aim of fostering children's attachment to their hometown of Inzai City and deepening their understanding of local consumption and the SDGs.
The school lunch menu featured special items utilizing local blessings, such as vegetables grown in Inzai and Inzai-grown Koshihikari rice. Among them, the highlight was the pear jelly made from "substandard pears" that did not meet shipping standards and would otherwise be discarded. It is an SDGs menu developed with the aim of reducing food loss, and the packaging was designed with the city's mascot character "Inzai-kun" and the city flower, cosmos.
During lunchtime, Inzai-kun made a surprise appearance, and a food education video introducing messages from local farmers was shown, creating a warm atmosphere throughout the event.
Anniversary School Lunch Menu
- [Saffron Rice] made with Inzai-grown Koshihikari rice
- [Inzai-kun's Pink Cream Sauce] using Inzai-grown beets
- [Inzai-kun Tamagoyaki] with Inzai-kun stamped on it
- [Coleslaw Salad] using Inzai-grown cabbage, cucumbers, and carrots
- [Pear Jelly] made from substandard Inzai-grown pears
- Milk
Event Overview
Date and Time: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 12:15 PM to 12:35 PM (20 minutes)
Location: Inzai Municipal Takino Elementary School (1st-floor lunchroom)
Inquiries
Central School Lunch Center, School Lunch Division, Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture
TEL: 0476-33-3316