Annual Sake Tasting
Ginjo-shu: Its Significance & History

Ginjo-shu refers to super-premium sake, but just how is it different? At Japan Society’s annual sake tasting event, sake expert John Gauntner explores ginjo-shu and what distinguishes it from regular sake, how it is made, and its history and tradition. The lecture will be followed by a sake tasting reception with more than 30 kinds of premium sake.

Participating sake brewers:

秋田清酒 Akita Seishu, Co., Ltd. (Akita prefecture)
旭酒造 Asahi Sake Brewing Co. (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
柏露酒造 Hakuro Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Niigata Prefecture)
今田酒造本店 Imada Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Hiroshima Prefecture)
下越酒造 Kaetsu Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Niigata Prefecture)
丸本酒造 Marumoto Sake Brewing Co. (Okayama Prefecture)
南部美人 Nanbu Bijin , Inc. (Iwate Prefecture)
奥の松酒造 Okunomatsu Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Fukushima Prefecture)
李白酒造 Rihaku Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Shimane Prefecture)
須藤本家 Sudo-Honke, Inc. (Ibaraki Prefecture)
高砂酒造 Takasago Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido)
天鷹酒造 Tentaka Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Tochigi Prefecture)
天山酒造 Tenzan Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. (Saga Prefecture)

Co-organized by Japan Sake Export Association.

TICKETS
$39/$34 Japan Society members*

*ticket price includes sake-tasting reception and admission to Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints. Please note: Japan Society Gallery will close at 6:30 pm on Thursday, May 16.

This event is SOLD OUT.