At the “Marriage of Sushi Nigiri and Japanese Sake” event held in March, foreigners were able to taste the local sake selected by the president of “Sakura Sake Shop”.

People from the United States, Spain, Germany, Vietnam, the Philippines, China, and Mongolia participated in the event.

It was very interesting to see the reactions of those who were drinking sake for the first time.Some of the participants were such sake freaks that they had their own sake fridges at home and stored over 100 bottles of sake, which made the event very exciting.

Watch the video to see what the participants had to say about sake.

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The 2021 Japanese Food Expo was held online.

The event was held at the Miyako Hybrid Hotel in southern Los Angeles with influencers from all over the United States connected by Zoom, and the video was broadcast live on YouTube.

The exhibition was held on March 7, 2021 (Sunday), Japan time, in a two-part system from 7:00 to 8:00 and 8:00 to 9:00. You can watch the recording on YouTube at any time.

 At Mizutani Sake Brewery, we participated in the process of pressing sake.

There is a process called “上槽(Jo^so^)” to squeeze the mash that has matured in the vat (tank).

In general, sake is squeezed using an automatic compression press called a “yabuta-shiki,” but some high-grade sake is squeezed using a method called “袋吊り 雫どり(fukuro-tsuri shizuku-dori)”. 

As the name suggests, “袋吊り 雫どり(fukuro-tsuri shizuku-dori)” is a method of extracting new sake by placing the mash in a strong bag and hanging it in a tank to collect the drops that naturally drip down. It takes a lot of time and effort, so there is a limit to the amount of sake that can be made, but sake squeezed this way is said to have a completely different flavor than sake squeezed by machine. 

We had the privilege of witnessing the “袋吊り 雫どり(fukuro-tsuri shizuku-dori)” process, so please watch the video.