JAPAN | The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association will hold the "Japanese Sake Fair 2024" in Japan this July.
Every year, the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association holds a Sake fair in which over 400 Sake brewers from various parts of Japan take part. The 16th All Japan Sake Fair, to be held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City in Tokyo between the 5th of July and 6th of July , 2024, is the world's largest Sake event where guests can sample over 1,000 brands of Sake and hear directly from the Sake brewers themselves.
The sake booths will be arranged in 45 regions, and guests will be able to learn about the production regions in the various parts of Japan, as well as the unique characteristics and trends of the Sake brewers. In addition, tasting services of Sake at various temperatures, and discussions of Sake-making technique by Sake makers are planned.
At the same time, an open tasting will be held with about 390 award-winning Daiginjo Sakes from the Annual Japan Sake Awards 2024, a competition hosted by the National Research Institute of Brewing and the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association. This year will mark the 112th time that this competition, with a history and authority of over 100 years, will have been held. At the Annual Japan Sake Awards 2024, the award winners for Ginjo Sakes made from July 2023 to March 2024 were decided by experts in a blind tasting test for fragrance, flavour, and overall quality.
Starting this year, tickets for each of these events are for sale to Japanese Saké aficionados and experts worldwide. A large number of visitors are expected to take advantage of this unique opportunity to experience today's Japanese Saké. By all means, make plans for the 2025 Japan Sake Fair, to be held in June next year.
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