温泉タウン戸倉上山田を世界へ 地酒は? Selling Onsen Town Togura-Kamiyamada to the World: How about sake?

October 10, 2013: 活動 Activities

シアトル訪問の際、サケノミの言う店にも行きました。シアトルの歴史的なパイオニア広場地区の中で、酒専門のお店。地酒の販売も、バーで飲むのも出来、ただ食べ物がない。(だから、「酒のみ」と言うそうです。)
オーナーのJohnnieさんは昔からの友達で、久しぶりに会えて、嬉しかった。そして、地酒の物流の事も色々と教えてくれました。
千曲市の地酒「姨捨正宗」と話しておいたので、チャンスかな?

While in Seattle, I stopped at Sakenomi, a sake bar and shop in the historic Pioneer Square district. The owner, Johnnie-san, and I go way back, so it was great to see him again.

'Sakenomi' is a play on words. It can be interpreted as To drink ('nomi') sake, which the shop of course provides, and/or Sake only ('nomi'), which refers to the idea that they don't serve any food -- only sake.

Johnnie kindly explained the process on exporting sake from Japan to the States, advice I passed on to our local brewery, Obasute Masamune.

サケノミSakenomi



Nagano beer to the States by a Seattle-based Importer


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