Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture x Atsushi Tamura’s TaMaRiBa We have started the Iwakuni Sake Project with the aim of becoming “the best city in the world where foreigners can learn Japanese sake”!

[Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture x Jun Tamura’s TaMaRiBa] We have started the Iwakuni Sake Project with the aim of becoming “the best city in the world where foreigners can learn about sake”! ​
Iwakuni City Press release: November 27, 2024 [Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture x Atsushi Tamura’s TaMaRiBa] We have started the Iwakuni Sake Project with the aim of becoming “the best city in the world where foreigners can learn Japanese sake”! With the cooperation of “Atsushi Tamura’s TaMaRiBa (TV Tokyo)”, we will be disseminating the appeal of Iwakuni Gozo sake in English. Aim to promote international exchange and attract inbound tourists. In January 2025, a sake event will be held in Iwakuni City.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/67989/25/67989-25-c395f9929583e08b8d8c81a1ff177f92-2087×1179.jpg Sake from Gozo Iwakuni: Gangi (Yaohashin Sake Brewery), Gohashi (Sakai Sake Brewery), eight knot (Murashige Sake Brewery), Kinjaku (Horie Sake Bar), Dassai (Asahi Sake Brewery) Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, has launched the “Iwakuni Sake Project” with the cooperation of “Atsushi Tamura’s TaMaRiBa (TV Tokyo)” with the aim of becoming “the best place in the world for foreigners to learn about sake.” This project aims to promote international exchange, attract inbound tourists, and expand tourism consumption using sake from the world-famous Iwakuni Gozo. What is “Iwakuni Sake Project”? Iwakuni is a town where there is a base and where foreigners, mainly Americans, live on a daily basis. Iwakuni is a city that attracts many foreign tourists due to its Kintai Bridge, which is aiming to be registered as a World Heritage Site, its castle town that retains traces of the Edo period, and its rich natural environment. This project aims to promote international exchange and even attract inbound tourists by leveraging Iwakuni’s unique characteristics and disseminating the appeal of the world-famous Iwakuni Gozo sake in English.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/67989/25/67989-25-6d2765101b27258f65a9b18d3321f963-520×476.png Mr. Kenchi Tachibana (EXILE/EXILE THE SECOND) Currently, project members including Kenchi Tachibana (EXILE/EXILE THE SECOND) are touring and interviewing each brewery in order to convey the appeal of Iwakuni Gozo’s sake to both Japanese and foreigners. We are preparing for the event to be held in January. The outline of this project was also broadcast on “Atsushi Tamura’s TaMaRiBa (TV Tokyo)”, so please take a look. Atsushi Tamura’s TaMaRiBa Broadcast date and time: Every Sunday at 2:25am
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URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/67989/25/67989-25-5da790b972aee0bd18fadb1c452e4e84-639×828.png We are holding a sake event with the aim of becoming “the best city in the world where foreigners can learn about sake!” In cooperation with “Atsushi Tamura’s TaMaRiBa (TV Tokyo)”, we will hold an event where you can learn about the history of each brewery, sake, and pairings in Japanese and English while tasting sake from Gozo Iwakuni! Please come and visit us. Date and time: January 18, 2025 (Sat) 14:00-17:00 Venue: Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport Terminal Building South Building Web page: https://chikakuni-iwakuni.com/information/iwakunisakefestival2025/ Inquiries: Iwakuni City City Promotion Division 0827-29-5012 *Please see the web page for details. *Event contents are subject to change.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/67989/25/67989-25-d9437c0373ae7b9cbcab0f14c8074396-567×425.png *The photo is an illustration. Two types of hospitality that you can experience 1. You can sample sake from the world-famous Iwakuni Gozo. Limited to the first 200 people, tickets will be distributed to each person to sample a glass of sake from the brewery at the exhibit booth. 2. Learn about sake in Japanese and English. TaMaRiBa Iwakuni Sake Project members will be at each brewery booth explaining about the sake, history, and pairings of each brewery. Listen carefully while tasting sake from the brewery.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/67989/25/67989-25-77aac327baaa4559df598724d08e653a-1600×1856.jpg [Tsumachon Samurai] A character with a pinched topknot. A samurai from Iwakuni castle town who loves sake so much that his topknot has become a sake bottle. There is also a booth for the unified souvenir brand “Tsumade Chonmage.” There will also be a booth for the snack series “Tsumade Chonmage,” which is a unified brand of Iwakuni souvenirs and is a snack series made with care by craftsmen using Iwakuni’s specialty products that goes well with Iwakuni’s sake. You can sample some of the products in the series, as well as prototype products currently being jointly developed with the high-end chocolate brand Godiva.