The biggest annual sake event in all of Kyushu, the Jojima Sake Festival & Brewery Hopping 2019 will be held in the city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture on the weekend of February 16-17. This popular event attracts over 100,000 visitors from all over Japan each year. Fukuoka Prefecture is home to a thriving sake industry, with the 5^th largest number of sake breweries in the country (as of 2016). The city of Kurume, where the event will be held, is likewise home to a number of well-established sake breweries, the oldest of which boasting over 300 years of history.

 

▼Jojima Sake Festival & Brewery Hopping 2019

　●Date And Time：Feb 16, 2019 9:30~16:00, Feb 17, 2019 2/16 (Sat.), 2/17 (Sun.)
　●Tickets： 12 tickets for sake tasting (incl. sake cup): ¥700
　●Location（Main Event Grounds 町民の森（Chomin no mori）:  764 Jojima-machi Naratsu, Kurume City
　●Official  Website：『Jojima Sake Festival & Brewery Hopping 2019』

 

 

In order to give you a better idea of what this event is all about and what it has to offer, below is a look at last year’s (2018) event.

■February 17, 2018 (Sat.)「Sake evangelist KUGAKO MATSUMOTO」introduces the festival in his report：『24^th Annual Jojima Sake Festival and Brewery Hopping』

 

　⇒①Main Event Grounds 町民の森（Chomin no mori）

　⇒②花の露（Hana no tsuyu）

　⇒③杜の蔵（Mori no kura）

　⇒④旭菊酒造（Asahi kiku shuzo）

　⇒⑤池亀酒造（Ikekame shuzo）

 

The Jojima Sake Festival and Brewery Hopping Event is held at the main event grounds as well as at eight different breweries, which you are free to visit in any order you like. Today we went to check out the main event grounds as well as four different breweries.

 

①Main Event Grounds(Chomin no mori)　764 Jojima-machi Naratsu, Kurume City

 

The main attraction here is the sake tasting. First, purchase your drink tickets, ochoko (small sake cup), and masu (square-shaped box for drinking sake). You can get a set of 12 drink tickets and one ochoko for 600JPY (*700JPY in 2019). Each tasting costs anywhere from one to three tickets.

 

Don’t forget to drink plenty of water in between tastings so that you do not get drunk too fast!

 

Remember to pace yourself as there is a wide variety of types of sakes available to taste! If you tell the event staff your preferences they will be happy to help recommend the right sake for you as well. You can also enjoy your sake while snacking on some of the local culinary offerings available.

 

 

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　⇒①Main Event Grounds 町民の森（Chomin no mori）

　⇒②花の露（Hana no tsuyu）

　⇒③杜の蔵（Mori no kura）

　⇒④旭菊酒造（Asahi kiku shuzo）

　⇒⑤池亀酒造（Ikekame shuzo）

 

 

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