grilled meat 焼き肉;
smoky 煙る;
season 〈食物・料理などに〉味をつける;
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Most people like to stay inside when it is very cold, but there is one city where people celebrate winter by eating outside. Kitami City in northern Hokkaido has many indoor grilled meat restaurants, but it also holds a Japanese-style barbecue festival outside at the beginning of February. The temperature can go below minus 20 degrees, but there are about 2,000 people who come to eat outside in the evening. They sit around smoky “shichirin” (small barbecues) and grill the fresh meat, using salt and pepper or special sauces to season it. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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