“A peninsula journey starting from a millennium promised island” Chita Peninsula’s seas, islands, and villages interwoven with food and festivals Red snapper of Shinojima A red snapper from Shinojima that is delicious enough to be dedicated as ‘onbedai’ to Ise Jingu Shrine since a millennium ago. When Yamatohimenomikoto, who built Ise Jingu Shrine, visited the island he asked for red snapper and ever since then preparation of it such as salting etc has been done at Nakate island, at Ise Jingu shrine. The tradition and promises have been maintained without change for a millennium.