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Other Traditional & Japanese Culture　Manufacturing (food and alcohol)　Sightseeing & Tours　Higashimurayama, Ome, Okutama

Setting period: Saturday, February 11, 2023 – Saturday, February 11, 2023 Travel days: 1 day

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One-day tour of two long-established sake breweries established over 100 years ago

While traveling around the country as a traveling freelance announcer, Yuki Aoi has acquired qualifications as a sake taster, shochu taster, WSET Level 3 (wine and spirits), first class food analyst, Japanese chopstick instructor, and ritual organizer, and hopes to convey the appeal, importance, and enjoyment of Japanese sake and food culture. Yuki Aoi is currently working to convey the charm, importance, and enjoyment of Japanese sake and food culture.

In particular, she hopes to create opportunities for Japanese and foreigners who are not accustomed to drinking sake to learn about the deliciousness of sake, an important part of Japanese culture, by teaching at culture salons and hosting brewery tours and pairing events.
At the pairing events, we invite the brewery owner to share his thoughts on sake production and give tips on how to enjoy sake by having guests enjoy dishes that go well with each sake. The dishes to be paired with sake vary from Chinese, French, Italian, and more. She creates opportunities for people to experience the wide range of possibilities of sake as a food wine, and continues to communicate the appeal of sake through the media and the Internet.
Join us for a special and enjoyable time with Yuki Aoi as we tour Tokyo’s long-established sake breweries.
◆Aoi Yuki’s Profile
After working for an airline company, she became an announcer. While working in various media such as TV and radio, she actively promotes the attractiveness of Japanese food and Japanese sake, as well as dining etiquette, and conveys the importance and enjoyment of such food and sake. Food, sake, and travel are her life’s work, and she has visited sake breweries, wineries, and rice paddies throughout Japan more than 350 times, as well as interviewing and communicating with producers in the field of food and traditional crafts.
He has been involved in many local government projects as a food and sake expert, produced local gourmet food, produced high-value-added experience lodging plans at luxury hotels, organized sake brewery tours, collaborations between traditional Japanese culture and sake, and planned and hosted sake pairing events with Japanese, Italian, and French cuisine. He is also active in a wide range of activities, including planning and hosting sake and shochu columns, giving lectures nationwide, lecturing at seminars, being a guest on talk shows, facilitating symposiums, and hosting events. He also serves as a judge for sake and plum wine contests.
He is certified as a sake taster, shochu taster, WSET Level 3 (wine and spirits), WSET Level 3 (SAKE), first class food analyst, Japanese chopstick education instructor, vegetable kampo advisor, comrade of cheese, ritual organizer, and funeral counselor.
Formerly a live commercial personality on Fuji Television Network’s “Information Presenter Toku Dane! Former live commercial personality (11.5 years)
Formerly a live commercial personality (11.5 years) for Fuji Television Network’s “Information Presenter Read All About It!

Sake Samurai is a title given by the Japan Sake Brewers Youth Association to those who love sake and Japanese culture and are dedicated to spreading its excellence throughout the world.
Private member of the Sake Brewery Tourism Promotion Council of Japan
Director, Umeshu Kenkyukai (Plum Wine Research Association)
Director, Japan Wine Maranic Association

History

◆ Ozawa Sake Brewery
Founded in 1702, Sawanoi was named after the village of Sawai, where it was located in the past. Sawai” is the name of a place named after the abundant and famous water that flows as a stream.
Since ancient times, people have brewed sake as an offering to the gods.
Sake plays an indispensable role in people’s prayers for happiness and a bountiful harvest as a mediator between the gods and humans.
Therefore, sake brewing is a devout Shinto ritual that requires the strict and thorough devotion and purity of the toji (master brewers).
We believe that it is only through the serious care and attention to detail that goes into each and every brewing process, as well as careful and superior craftsmanship, that truly heartfelt sake is born.
The brewing water comes from deep within a cave excavated from the bedrock of the Chichibu Kosei Formation, the mountains and lush greenery, the clear Okutama air, the rice selected from the finest sources, and the finely honed techniques. Sawanoi’s creed is that it is the whole company’s sincerity and diligent effort that brings all of these together to create a single drop of beautiful sake.
As long as there is rice in Japan and great water in Okutama, Sawanoi will continue to produce beautiful sake.
(From the Ozawa Sake Brewery website)
◆Toyoshimaya Sake Brewery
About 400 years ago, Jyuemon Toshimaya I started a liquor store and one-drink shop business in Kanda-Kamakuragyo, Edo (Tokyo), which seems to have been very prosperous as a gathering place for many people. Juemon also began brewing a pioneering white sake in Edo, which became very popular. This became the foundation of today’s Toshimaya Brewery.
In the early Showa period (1926-1989), Toshimaya Sake Brewery was established in Higashimurayama City, Tokyo, as a brewery. Since then, the brewery has been widely patronized by people as a sake brewer rooted in the community and brewing sake for many people. (From the website of the Toshimaya Sake Brewery)
Photo courtesy of Toshimaya Sake Brewery

Yuki Aoi

Traveling freelance announcer and Japanese sake coordinator

The guide for this tour is…

After working for an airline company, she became an announcer. While working in various media such as TV and radio, she actively promotes the attractiveness of Japanese food and Japanese sake, as well as dining etiquette, and conveys the importance and enjoyment of these foods. Food, sake, and travel are her life’s work, and she has visited sake breweries, wineries, and rice paddies throughout Japan more than 350 times, and she also interviews and communicates with producers in the field of food and traditional crafts.He is certified as a sake taster, shochu taster, WSET Level 3 (wine & spirits), WSET Level 3 (SAKE), and first class food analyst.
 

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Sake brewery tour at Ozawa Sake Brewery

You will be guided through the process of making Sawanoi sake, a talk about the brewery, and a tour of the brewery. At the end of the tour, you will be able to taste some sake.

Sake brewery tour at Toshimaya Sake Brewery

He will talk about the process of making sake at Toshimaya, the oldest sake brewery in Tokyo, and the difficulties of sake brewing. (Photo shows the sake brewery in the Showa period.)

Sake talk by Ms. Aoi on the bus

We will introduce sake breweries and provide basic knowledge of sake as well as a question-and-answer session. We will be happy to provide an opportunity for visitors to rediscover the history and spirituality of Japan, which has developed in tandem with the rice farming culture, through sake.

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Sake Samurai” Yuki Aoi and Tokyo’s Long-established Sake Breweries Tour Application Guidelines

◆Outline of the tour
Sake Samurai Yuki Aoi” and Tokyo’s Long-established Sake Breweries Tour
Performer: Yuki Aoi
Schedule】 February 11, 2023 (Saturday)
Tour Price】 【Tour Price
Course A: 21,800 yen per person: Lunch menu “Hana Course” + “Tokyo Kurabito 300ml” by Ozawa Shuzo + “Kinmai Junmai Ginjo 300ml” by Toshimaya Shuzo + Ozawa Shuzo original hand towel (with Aoi’s signature if desired) + photo with Aoi
Course B: 17,800 yen per person: Lunch menu “Hana Course
Meeting place: Around Shinjuku Station West Exit
First-come, first-served basis.
Application deadline: January 28, 2023 (Sat.) 23:59
Number of participants: 37
In case of cancellation, we will contact you by e-mail or phone.
In case of cancellation, we will contact you by e-mail or phone.
Note】This tour is monitored and we ask for your cooperation in filling out the questionnaire.
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Schedule
Around Shinjuku Station West Exit 【9:30Gathering,10:00Departure】 ⇒ Ozawa Sake Brewery (Sake brewery tour, walk around Sawanoi Garden, lunch, tasting) ⇒ Toshimaya Sake Brewery (Sake brewery tour) ⇒ Around Shinjuku Station West Exit 【18:00
Meal conditions: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dinner
The performers will ride together on the bus for the round trip, but the section and itinerary may be subject to change due to road congestion, weather, or unforeseen local conditions.
*To apply for the tour, please click the link below.

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The information is current at the time of publication. The information is subject to change.