Sake Exchange Tokyo (SET) @ KURAND Shibuya

KURAND SET (Sake Exchange Tokyo ) is an international exchange party with sake. The events are aimed at bringing people from all over the world together through this magical artisan beverage.

This is the 30th edition of the super popular Tokyo sake exchange party. Last month, everyone brought so many amazing different home-cooked foods and we quite literally had a feast fit for a king. If you are unfamiliar with the way Potluck parties work, basically, everyone must bring at least one dish to share with the other participants. This is a condition of participation. This can be a home-cooked or bought entry, it is entirely up to you.

This month’s event will include the usual sake tasting challenge with an opportunity to bag a special free gift. The tasting is divided into 2 rounds. In the first round, you taste out of 3 unlabelled bottles marked a,b,c and write tasting notes for each sake that will help you find it in the second round. In the second round the actual sake are put out each marked with a number. You simply have to taste each sake and match it to the ones you tasted before. The first person to match all 3 sake correctly wins! Simple as that!

For SET 30, we will be making a long overdue return to KURAND Shibuya and we will have the branch to ourselves until 8pm.

All participants are sure to have a blast with a glass or two of newly brewed sake in hand while making a whole host of new Facebook contacts / friends.

DATE AND TIME

2018/6/24 (Sun)
17:00～20:00

-You cannot go? Check out ichibansake Event Calendar

LOCATION

KURAND Shibuya

2-9-10 3F Dogenzaka Shibuya-ku Tokyo

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Access

6 mins walk from Keio Dentetsu Inogashira Line Station or 5-10 mins walk from Hachiko exit of Shibuya Station

Directions: Exit the station via the Hachiko exit, cross the famous ‘Shibuya Crossing’ and take the left-most street, the one with a L’occitane on the corner. At the Shibuya 109 fork, choose the left street towards Dogenzaka. Head up the street and after about 5mins you will see a Toho Cinemas on your left hand side. Walk a little further up ,we are in the building opposite Royal Host.

Food

All participants must bring at least one item of food to share with other people. This is a condition of participation.

Web site

For more information visit, Sake Exchange Tokyo (SET) 30 Potluck Party

2018-06-022018-11-17

“Hokusetsu” & “Kozaemon” In-store tasting event @ Ikebukuro

You can taste Hokusetsu, Hokusetsu Shuzo, from Niigata prefecture, and Kozaemon, Nakashima Sake Brewery from Gifu prefecture.

Hokusetsu (Hokusetsu Shuzo)

The Hokuetsu Sake Brewery’s Daiginjo sake is handmade with traditional methods and is made using 65% polished Yamada Nishiki rice grown on Sado island, which is the best kind of rice for use in sake brewing.

Hokusetsu Shuzo Sake Brewery was established in 1872. Hokusetsu is a dry, smooth sake, which evokes images of heavy snow in the northern provinces. Committed in their passion to Sado’s water, rice, climate and people, Hokusetsu wholeheartedly makes sake which can only be made by Hokusetsu, and explores the various possibilities of sake with sensibilities suited to the times. Sake produced by Hokusetsu is loved at Nobu restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, London, Milan, and Dubai, among others, which attract celebrities from around the world.

Although Hokusetsu is located on Sado Island, an isle in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, it attracts many celebrities to each year. As you enter the brewery, not only will you be greeted by countless shelves of Hokusetsu sake bottles, but also picture after picture of actor Robert de Niro’s visit to the brewery. Yes, he’s a fan.

Hokusetsu Brewery is home to a variety of top-quality sake of which about 70 percent sold is outside Sado Island. The quality varies from the purest levels of the drink like junmai and junmai ginjo to even plum wine and limited seasonal sake.

Hokusetsu Shuzo Home page

Kozaemon (Nakashima Sake Brewery)

Kozaemon is made by our small brewery in mountainous Gifu prefecture, the middle of Japan. NAKASHIMA SAKE BREWING is a local sake brewery with over 300 years of history since 1702. The “Kozaemon” brand was launched in 2001, which has become popular at home and abroad. The use of the subsoil water flowing from Mt. Byobu as its source brings out the full flavor of the rice. You can taste the nature of the Mino region and the brewers’ reflections when savoring the “Kozaemon” products. Based on the idea of making a good match with any dish, NAKASHIMA SAKE BREWING is dedicated to producing “umakuchi” sweet-smelling flavors with body and depth rather than crispy and dry “tanrei” flavors. The product line-up varies from pure rice sake to liquors.

Kozaemon has already been enjoyed in over 30 countries, and they are still looking for new customers.

Nakashima Sake Brewery Home page

DATE AND TIME

2018/5/30 (Wed) – 6/5(Tue)

-You cannot go? Check out ichibansake Event Calendar

LOCATION

Seibu Ikebukuro B1F

〒171-0022 Tokyo, Toshima, Minamiikebukuro, 1 Chome−28−1

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Access

Directly connect
Ikebukuro Station South Exit, Exit 38, Exit 36

Web site

For more information visit, 今週の酒と肴

2018-05-202018-11-17

Kamata de sake crawling 2018

Sake crawling in Kamata 2018

This is a sake crawling event by a volunteer restaurant in Tokyo Kamata east and west exit area.
Advance ticket 5,000 yen
On the day 6,000 yen
Please purchase tickets at participating restaurants.

【Outline of the event】
They offer free drink and food who purchase the event ticket.
(※ A part of restaurant and some food are cash bar system.)
On the day, you can exchange the ticket with wristbands and restaurant map, so please show your wristband at each restaurant.
Sake cup is mini plastic cup. Each restaurant provide chaser (yawaragi water).
Standing bar style

Participating restaurants tabelog link

East exit：

West exit：

DATE AND TIME

2018/6/24 (Sun)
12:30～17:30