Tono’s Jingisukan dates back to 1947. A person from Tono, who still remembered the taste of lamb he had eaten in Manchuria during the war, returned home and opened a butcher stop and restaurant in Tono. 

At that time in Tono, lambs were raised not for food but for wool, so it was not customary to grill and eat them. However, it is said that lambs came to be eaten throughout Tono City after a campaign offered them at a discount at street stalls. 

The bucket Jingisukan is a style of barbeque where lamb is grilled on a heated Jingisukan pot with solid fuel in a tin bucket with tiny air holes so that it can be easily eaten outside. It is a daily thing for Tono people and is eaten frequently when people gather, such as during cherry blossom viewing, sports events, and festivals. 

The bucket Jingisukan can be purchased as a set at supermarkets and butcher stores in Tono City and Michi no Eki Tono Kazeno Oka (pots and buckets are also available for rent). During the cherry blossom season, it is a good place to try the bucket Jingisukan at the restaurant in Tono Furusato Village.

You can also purchase a Jingisukan bucket set.

It can also be found at Roadside Station Tono Kaze no Oka, meat stores in the city, supermarkets, etc.

A thematic journey in the Tohoku region:Cuisines