18:00-21:00 Friday, September 18, 2009

You are cordially invited to sample sake from Saijo, Hiroshima City, at the Saijo Sake Tasting event on Friday, September 18 at the FCCJ. Attendees will be able to taste a range of Saijo Sake, which was the first Japanese sake adopted as part of the JAPAN BRAND Development Assistance Program by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency in 2008.

･18:00 Greetings and toast by Hisao Maegaki, President of the Saijo Sake Brewers Association and President of Kamoizumi Shuzou & Co., Ltd.
･Tasting of Saijo Sake and dishes from Hiroshima with a video presentation.
･Staff from breweries represented and sake specialists will be available to answer questions from guests.

Participating Brands: Kamotsuru, Fukubijin, Kamoizumi, Kirei, Saijotsuru,
Hakubotan, Kamoki, Sakurafubuki

*Only refined sake recognized as Saijo Sake by the Saijo Sake Locality Designation will be served.

Supported By: The Saijo Sake Brewers Association and The Higashi-Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Cooperation: John Gauntner (Sake journalist), Haruo Matsuzaki (President of Sake Export Association) and Pierre Baudry (President of SBA Ltd.)

The price for members and guests is 2,300 yen, tax inclusive. Please reserve at the reception desk, 03-3211-3161 or online http://www.fccj.or.jp. (Reservations cancelled less than 24 hours in advance will be charged in full.) Please reserve early to avoid disappointment!

Entertainment Committee