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An awards ceremony was held for the “Locally Produced and Locally Consumed Bento Competition for High School Students”, in which high school students from Miyagi Prefecture competed for ideas for bento boxes using local ingredients and processed foods from the prefecture. Reporter: “This is a winning job. Each bento box looks delicious not only because of the ingredients, but also the colors.” The highest honor, the Prefectural Governor’s Award, went to Tsukidate High School’s book “Energetic Paprika Rice”! Burger. “Dinner”. It’s a hearty bento box centered around a rice burger made with paprika sourced from the prefecture that has the largest production volume in Japan, and a steak burger with locally harvested Hitomebore rice. At the awards ceremony held at the prefectural office, 11 students from Tsukidate High School, Kesennuma High School and Watari High School who won prizes in the competition took part and explained the ingredients and innovations in their bento boxes to the judges, including the vice president. Governor Endo. The competition is held every year to attract as many people as possible interested in local ingredients. This time, for the 10th time, the theme “Support” received 71 entries from 18 schools in the prefecture. Prefectural Governor’s Award: Aika Ishikawa, a 3rd year student at Tsukidate High School, said, “First of all, you can eat well and feel good, and then enjoy watching, so I want you to be healthy both mentally and physically. After February 5, the winning works will be awarded to the best artists in the prefecture. They will be sold in shops and supermarkets.