Tokyo Place : Akasaka Prince Hotel [Goshiki] 1-2, Kioi-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8585 TEL:03-3234-1111 Date : December 12, 2006 (Tue) Time : Symposium : 15:00 ~ 17:50 Get-together : 18:00 ~ 19:30 Event : Tourism Summit 2006 ~ Food culture and tourism ~ Host : Tourism Industry Association of Japan Support : Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Nippon Keidanren Ticket : Symposium : Free entry Get-together : ￥10,000 Event Information / Application : http://www.tij.or.jp/report/event/20061212.html (Japanese only) Tokyo Place : Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo 5F [Concord Ballroom A] 2-2-1 Nishi-Shin-juku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo TEL:03-3344-0111 Date : November 28, 2006(Tue) Time : 19:00 ~ 21:00 Event : The Third in a Series of Evenings With Sake: Savoring Freshly-pressed Sake Sake breweries from all over Japan will come together to give guests at this event an idea of what those involved in sake breweries think and feel about sake. Guests can enjoy 93 different brands of sake from 31 breweries, including this season’s first brews or limited-editions not available through retail channels. The party includes a sit-down dinner featuring foods that go well with Japanese sake, such as tokobushi (round abalone), baked sea eggs, karasumi (dried mullet roe), and wild matsutake mushrooms. We hope that you will choose to spend your long autumn nights with a good Japanese sake. Sponsor : Nihonshu Fukken no Kai, Nihon Shurui Hanbai Co., Ltd Ticket : ￥5,000(tax included) *Limit 100 people (first-come basis) *Applications close on Friday, November 24, or earlier depending upon reservations. Event Information / Application : https://www.nishuhan.co.jp/fukken/home/index.cfm (Japanese only) Contact us : Nihonshu Fukken no Kai, Nihon Shurui Hanbai Co., Ltd Attention:Mr.Haketa TEL:03-3273-1764 E-mail: nshweb@nishuhan.co.jp Tokyo Place : The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (FCCJ) (Yuraku-cho, Tokyo) Date : November 11, 2006 Time : 13:30 ~ 16:00 (1) Tasting and Voting 13:30~14:30 (2) Cup Sake Party 14:30~15:30 (3) Results Announcement and Awards 15:30~16:00 Event : Sake Champions’ Cup 2006 Seeking Judges from the General Public for the Grand Prix Trial! Ticket : Advance Tickets:￥5,000(tax included) Tickets at the Door:￥6,000(tax included) *Including buffet party and souvenir gift * Limit 200 people (first-come basis) Event Information / Application : http://www.sakebunka.co.jp/event/orgEvent/ cup06/entryMembers.htm (Japanese only) Contact us : Sakebunka Institute, Inc. 2nd Nakaya Bldg., 2-16-15 Iwamoto-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Fax:03-3865-3015 E-mail:yamada@sakebunka.co.jp Tokyo Place : Marunouchi Building 7th Floor: Marunouchi Building Hall & Conference Square (1-minute from Marunouchi South Exit of JR Tokyo Station) Date : November 10, 2006 Time : 18:00 ~ 21:00 Event : Experience the Superb Sake of Fukushima at the Marunouchi Building Join us for a selection of exquisitely brewed sake and local food products from Fukushima Prefecture. Spoil yourself to the refined and delicious tastes of Fukushima. Gold medals awarded to 23 Fukushima breweries at the 2006 National New Sake Tasting Competition. Experience the delicious tastes of Fukushima, ranked No.1 in Japan. Ticket : ￥3,000(inc. tax) Includes an exclusive T-shirt present (not sold elsewhere)! *Please use the contact information below for inquiries or to order tickets. Tickets will be allotted by random draw in the event of high demand. Sponsor : Fukushima Sake Brewers Association Contact us : Tokyo Event Office, Fukushima Sake Brewers Association (Women's Nihonshu-kai non-profit organization) Tel:03-3433-4447 E-mail:womens@nihonshu.com Kyoto Place : Each venue offers a different type of sake. (1) Junmai-shu type Gekkeikan Sake Company, Ltd. Showagura 300 katahara-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto TEL : 075-623-2103 (2) Honjozo-shu type Fushimiyumehyakushu 247 Minamihama-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto TEL : 075-623-1360 (3) Specially selected type Kitagawa Honke Co., Ltd. 393 Murakami-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto TEL : 075-611-1951 It takes about 10 to 15 minutes to walk between venues. Date : October 21, 2006 Time : 10am - 3pm (Reception closes at 2:40pm) Event : Sake Tasting: The Sake Samurai Your tasting experience will be in Kyoto's Fushimi district, famous in Japan for the sake brewed there. About 300 varieties of sake from breweries throughout the country are being brought to Fushimi for tasting in three different venues. Ticket : ￥1,000 (includes a small sake cup as a souvenir) • Show the small sake cup you received at the first venue, to continue your sake tasting experience at the other two venues. • You will also receive a list of the many sake brands available for tasting. • You do not have to reserve beforehand - just come directly to the venues. However, tasting is on a first come first served basis, limited to 500 people. Contact us : Japan Sake Brewers Association Attention : Mr. Tsukada TEL : 03-3501-0101 FAX : 03-3501-6018 Email : jsake12@axel.ocn.ne.jp Tokyo Place : Fukui minami aoyama 291 2F multipurpose hall Glassarea Aoyama 5-4-41 Minamiaoyama Minato-ku Tokyo TEL : 03-5778-0291 URL : http://www.ma291.jp/ (Japanese only) Date : October 07, 2006 Event : Fukui Prefecture Sake Tasting ～Introduction to Select Sakes from 20 Fukui Breweries～ The Fukui Prefecture Sake Tasting event will introduce the many sake lovers in the capital region to the great sakes of Fukui Prefecture, which are made from "the great water and rice of Fukui." Twenty breweries will all gather in one place, providing attendees the perfect opportunity to compare sake flavors and search out their favorites. This popular event is held twice a year in Fukui. Visitors can talk directly with the sake brewery owners while enjoying their choice sakes, and can learn about recommended food pairings. *Sakes will be available for purchase at the event. Time : 2pm - 6pm Ticket : ￥1,000 (pay at the door) Sponsor : Fukui Cooperative Association of Syuzou Contact us : A&S Co., Ltd. 3-1510 Itagaki Fukui-shi Fukui TEL : 0776-36-9300 New York Place : New York - The Puck Building Date : September 28, 2006 Event : THE JOY OF SAKE The Joy of Sake is the largest sake tasting held outside of Japan, and a rare opportunity to experience great sakes in peak condition. Sponsor : Japan Airlines The International Sake Association Official Site : http://www.joyofsake.com/ Los Angeles Place : Los Angeles - Wabi-Sabi 1635 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291 Tel : 310-314-2229 Date : September 10, 2006 Time : 15:00-18:00 (For the professional and the public) Event : Sake Tasting (Tour) Sponsor : Hasegawa Sake Inc. Official Site : http://www.hasegawasaketen.com/ (Japanese only) Tour information : http://sky.nta.co.jp/tmusr/plan/3210789250.html Contact us : Japan : Hasegawa Sake Inc. 1-18-12 Kameido Koto-ku, Tokyo Tel : 03-5836-3477 Mail : tokyo@hasegawasaketen.com USA : Banzai Beverage Corporation 23900 Howthorne Blvd., Suite 120, Torrance, CA TEL : (310) 634-9898 New York Place : New York - EN Japanese Brasserie 435 Hudson St. New York, NY 10014 Tel : 212-647-9196 Date : September 7, 2006 Time : 13:00-16:00 (For the professional) 17:00-20:00 (For the public) Event : Sake Tasting (Tour) Sponsor : Hasegawa Sake Inc. Official Site : http://www.hasegawasaketen.com/ (Japanese only) Tour information : http://sky.nta.co.jp/tmusr/plan/3210789250.html Contact us : Japan : Hasegawa Sake Inc. 1-18-12 Kameido Koto-ku, Tokyo Tel : 03-5836-3477 Mail : tokyo@hasegawasaketen.com USA : Banzai Beverage Corporation 23900 Howthorne Blvd., Suite 120, Torrance, CA TEL : (310) 634-9898 Boston Place : Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers "Castle at The Park Plaza" 64 Arlington St. Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Date : September 6,2006 Time : 14:00-19:00 (For the business associate) Event : Sake Tasting Sponsor : Hasegawa Sake Inc. Official Site : http://www.hasegawasaketen.com/ (Japanese only) San Francisco Place : San Francisco - Moscone Convention Center Date : August 31, 2006 Event : THE JOY OF SAKE The Joy of Sake is the largest sake tasting held outside of Japan, and a rare opportunity to experience great sakes in peak condition. Sponsor : Japan Airlines The International Sake Association Official Site : http://www.joyofsake.com/ Iwate Place : Nanbubijin Sake Brewery 13 Aazakamimachi Fukuoka, Ninohe-shi, Iwate Date : August 07, 2006 Event : Nambubijin Sakagura Live You are invited to a musical event hosted by Kosuke Kuji, 5th-generation brewer at the Nambubijin Brewery. The beautiful modern music, cinematic sound and exotic vocals will welcome you into a mysterious world that blends the best of East and West. Join us for fine music at a brewery with a century of tradition, and enjoy some of the brewery's very own Genshu(undiluted sake). Time : 7pm - 9pm Ticket : ￥3,500 (100 tickets only.) Gifts : Guest will receive a free drink of Nambubijin Kuradashi Genshu(undiluted sake) and a special boxed meal, as well as a bottle of Nambubijin(300ml) to take home. Contact us : TEL : 0195-23-3133 FAX : 0195-23-4713 Email : sake@nanbubijin.co.jp Honolulu Place : Honolulu - Hawaii Convention Center Date : July 27, 2006 Event : THE JOY OF SAKE The Joy of Sake is the largest sake tasting held outside of Japan, and a rare opportunity to experience great sakes in peak condition. Sponsor : Japan Airlines The International Sake Association Official Site : http://www.joyofsake.com/ Nagoya Place : Nagoya - Nagoya Kanko Hotel Date : July 19, 2006 Event : Junmai kan - Feast of Summer Sponsor : Yorozuya Jozoten Co., Ltd. Ticket : ￥11,000 ⇒ ￥10,000 (Special ticket for those who have visited JAL's Sake Site) Paris Place : Paris, France - Japanese culture hall in Paris. Date : June 28, 2006 Event : Sake Tasting This tasting event features Japanese sakes selected by 10 different brewery owners. Visitors will learn not only about pairing sake with Japanese cuisine, but also about the possibilities for pairing sake with an array of interesting dishes. Official Site : http://www.jpf.go.jp/mcjp/feat/ (Japanese only) London Place : London - WSET® International Wine and Spirit Centre 39-45 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF Date : Monday, 26, June 2006 Time : 7.00pm - 9pm Ticket : £10/£5 IWS Members. Event : WSET® Sake Seminar and Tasting This is our fourth annual saké tasting, the result of a collaboration between WSET®, Japan Airlines and saké exporters. Led by one of Japan's young and energetic saké producer, Mr Kosuke Kuji, this is a rare opportunity to discover the subtleties one of the world's great drinks, still not very well understood outside Japan. The evening will help you find out what makes fine saké tick. As well as covering the way saké is brewed, there will be an opportunity to taste a range of sakés air freighted to London specially for the event, and to meet and question the producers who made them. The tasting will be one of the first to take place in the WSET at Bermondsey Street. In association with : Japan Airlines Contact us : David Wrigley MW 020-7089-3818 / dwrigley@wset.co.uk Dusseldorf Place : Dusseldorf , Germany Date : May 20, 2006 Event : Japan day Das Ereignis "Kulturaustausch am Japan-Tag" wird in dem Gebiet stattfinden, das sich vom Altstadtviertel am Rhein entlang erstreckt. Besonders hervorzuhebende Veranstaltungen sind eine Blindprobe japanischen Sakes, um die Stadtbewohner mit der japanischen Esskultur bekannt zu machen, und ein großes Feuerwerk als Höhepunkt des Tages. Sponsor : Consulate General of Japan in German Support : Japan Airlines Official Site : http://www.japantag-duesseldorf-nrw.de/ Tamanohikari Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. Sponsor : Tamanohikari Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. Event : Mutenka-kai This sake event gives participants a chance to enjoy the company of people from various fields while drinking junmai Tamanohikari with no additives. This event is held four or five times a year in six major cities including Hokkaido, Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka. The great flavor of Tamanohikari, which won't leave you feeling any ill effects the next day, attracts more and more sake lovers each time it is served. Official Site : http://www.tamanohikari.co.jp/ Place Date Ticket Free Nagoya - Nagoya　APA HOTEL May 16, 2006 ￥6,000 Sapporo - Sapporo Tokyu inn Hotel May 17, 2006 ￥4,500 Hakodate - Marui Department Store May 24, 2006 ￥3,500 Muroran - Muroran Prince Hotel May 25, 2006 ￥3,500 Osaka - Ryutan Taiwanese cuisine Enjoying healthy Chinese cuisine and Junmai Ginjo Tamanohikari with familiar TV food researcher Tei Kazuhiko. May 29, 2006 ￥8,000 Kyoto - Karasuma Kyoto Hotel June 9, 2006 ￥6,000 For further inquiries, please contact office@tamanohikari.co.jp Roppongi Place : Roppongi - Tokyo Date : April 08, 2006 Event : Imasara Oke o Kangaeru Kai Learn about the traditional oke shikomi method of brewing sake using wood barrels, and explore the Japanese tradition of sake fermentation and aging in wood barrels. Support : Japan Airlines Official Site : http://www.okeok.com/ (Japanese only)