TV Tokyo's popular information variety program, "Shutsugen! Ad Machikku Tengoku" (Saturdays at 9 PM), will feature the area around Hannō Station (Hannō City, Saitama Prefecture) as the third installment of its Seibu Line series in its May 30th broadcast.
Hannō Station is just 38 minutes from Ikebukuro by the Limited Express Laview train. It boasts Moominvalley Park, a theme park where visitors can experience the world of Moomin stories created by Finnish painter and novelist Tove Jansson, as well as commercial facilities offering Nordic cuisine. Visitors can also enjoy outdoor activities.
The program will explore the connection between Moomin and Hannō City, and introduce Nordic foods such as Finnish meatballs and cinnamon rolls. In addition, it will feature local gourmet foods and specialties such as shaved ice available only on weekends at a former traditional Japanese restaurant, the famous sweets "Shirimochi" and miso-flavored grilled manju, "Musashino Udon" from a long-established restaurant founded in the Edo period that always has a line, and a hidden French restaurant that prides itself on its vegetables.
In addition, the program will introduce the making of original kimchi, the local specialty silk textiles, a textile manufacturer established in the Meiji era, and a watermelon-breaking stick developed from high-quality wood.
The guests were musician and actor Kenta Hamano and actress Rie Mimura.
