Narita, Kansai, Cyubu, Haneda, Sapporo, Osaka, Itami, Fukuoka Event : Amami Kokuto Shochu Tasting at Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge Japan Airlines celebrates an entire week of Amami Kokuto Shochu Days. During the week of May 9 and 10, JAL First Class and Sakura Lounges will host Amami Kokuto Shochu (shochu made with brown sugar) tastings at Narita, Haneda and five other airports in Japan. Locations : JAL First Class and Sakura Lounges at the following airports. International lounges: Narita, Kansai, and Chubu Airports Domestic lounges: Haneda, Sapporo, Osaka Itami, and Fukuoka Airports Timeframe : May 7 (Thu) - May 13 (Wed), 2009 Featured brands : Featured brands: One of four or five brands of shochu (exact number yet to be determined: two or three brands of shochu at some lounges) will be featured daily at the lounge tastings. Please note that the tastings will conclude when the bottles reserved for that day have been consumed.   Shochu brands to be served (in random order): Distilleries Shochu(brand names) Distilleries Shochu(brand names) Yayoi Shochu Zojosho Yayoi K.K. Tenkai no Kura Tenkai no Kura Nishihira Honke K.K. Yachiyo Asahi Shuzo Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. Asahi Nishihira Syuzo Co., Ltd. Sango Kikaijimashyuzo Co., Ltd. Kikaijima Amami Oshima Kaiun Syuzo Lento Amami Sakerui K.K. Amami Tomita Shuzojo Ryugu K.K. Amami Oshima Nishikawa Shuzo Ajiya Oshima Shokuryo K.K. Hikanzakura Okinoerabu-Shuzo Co., Ltd. Ine no Tsuyu Amami Oshima Shuzo K.K. Hamachidori no Uta Shinno Shuzo K.K. Tenkaichi Yamada Shuzo Nagakumo Harada Shuzo K.K. Shoryu Machidasyuzo Ltd. Sato no Akebono Arimura Shuzo K.K. Yusen *Amami Kokuto Shochu is a regionally based collective trademark of Amami-Oshima Shuzo Kyodo Kumiai (Amami-Oshima Distillery Association). *At airports where there are several JAL lounges, this event will take place only in certain lounges. Co-sponsors : Amami branch of the Kagoshima Prefecture Brewers Association, and the shochu distilleries listed in the table above. Aichi Place : Venue: JAL Sakura Lounge (for international flights), Chubu Centrair International Airport Date : January 21 (Wed) ~ March 31 (Tue), 2009 Mamoru Tsuchino, Mayor of Takayama City, provides free sake at 9am on January 21. Event : Enjoy the Local Sake of Hida Takayama in a Tokoname Pottery Sake Cup at the JAL Sakura Lounge Co-Sponsor : Takayama City, Hida Takayama Tourism Association, Takayama Shurui Oroshi K.K. and other sake breweries listed below, with Tokoname Kobo Tosho (co-founded by the Tokoname Ceramic Wholesalers’ Cooperative, Tokoname Pottery Cooperative, and others) ▼Visits to sake breweries in Takayama City: http://www.hida.jp/fuyunotabi/sakagurameguri.htm