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Gyokuro from Yame's Hoshino Village Featured in Fukuoka–Niigata Regional Gourmet Showdown
A regional rivalry television program airing on RKB Mainichi Broadcasting on October 24, 2026, will showcase Fukuoka and Niigata prefectures' local specialties. Yame city's Hoshino village gyokuro—described as Japan's finest—will be featured alongside Kurume tonkotsu ramen and other regional dishes, with NGT48 members participating in a stone-mill matcha demonstration.
久留米市の豚骨ラーメン店や八女市の玉露が登場！『うまか？うんめぇ？福岡×新潟究極のグルメバトル』10月24日放送 - 筑後いこい
Key points
- Yame gyokuro featured on RKB Mainichi Broadcasting's Fukuoka–Niigata gourmet program (October 24, 2026, 4 p.m.)
- NGT48 members will visit Hoshino village and participate in stone-mill matcha demonstration
- Program positions Yame's gyokuro as Japan's finest tea
- Broadcast integrates tea production experience into mainstream regional food entertainment
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