Date: Oct 23th, 2024 Time: 1:00-4:00/ 6:00 -9:00 PM Location:Coast Coal Harbour Hotel by APA Address: 1180 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC About Speaker: Lara Victoria, MBA, DipWSET, CSW Lara is a Certified WSET Sake Educator. She studied sake with WSET in Japan and has taught sake to many in Vancouver since 2017. She serves […]
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Feb
Feb
Date: Feb 23th, 2024 Time: 6:00 -9:00 PM (6:30-7:30 PM Sake Seminar) Location: The Listel Hotel Address: 1300 Robson St Vancouver About Speaker: Lara Victoria, MBA, DipWSET, CSW Lara is a Certified WSET Sake Educator. She studied sake with WSET in Japan and has taught sake to many in Vancouver since 2017. She serves as […]
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May
May
About KIRISHIMA SHUZO (Miyazaki) Kirishima Shuzo is a brewing company based in Miyazaki, a prefecture located in Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island. Japan’s No. 1 Best-Selling Shochu Brewing Company KIRISHIMA SHUZO is most well-known for brewing shochu, a type of distilled liquor that Japanese people have been enjoying for over 400 years. Just like nihonshu, […]
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Mar
Mar
About IMAYOTSUKASA (Niigata) Niigata prefecture is home to around 90 breweries– the most out of all the prefectures in Japan. Imayotsukasa is within walking distance of Niigata Station, a place many consider as the prefecture’s grand entrance. Braving the Frontiers of Sake Brewing Since 1767 Imayotsukasa is a sake brewing company from Niigata prefecture in […]
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Feb
Feb
About KITAGAWAHONKE (Fushimi, Kyoto) KITAGAWAHONKE is a long-standing sake brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto with over 360 years of sake-brewing history since 1657. The traditional sake brewing district In Fushimi, a region blessed with abundant freshwater sources, we have tempered our skill over the centuries, maintaining a tight-knit relationship with Kyoto’s food culture while striving for […]
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Jan
Jan
About CHOYA UMESHU (Habikino, Osaka) CHOYA was founded in 1914 as a winery in Osaka. In 1959, the company made the historic decision to shift our major business toward the production of traditional Japanese alcoholic beverages made from ume fruit. Until then, these beverages were only made by Japanese families at home. Now, we specialize […]
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Dec
Dec
About Dewazakura Shuzo Brewing Company (Tendo, Yamagata) Dewazakura Shuzo was founded in 1892 in Tendo, a town in Yamagata prefecture 300 kilometers north of Tokyo. From Tokyo, you can travel to Tendo via a 3-hour ride on the Shinkansen bullet train. Tendo is located in a basin surrounded by mountains. The region exhibits extreme differences […]
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Nov
Nov
About Saito Shuzo (Fushimi, Kyoto) Saito Shuzo is a long-standing sake brewing company located in Kyoto, a city blooming with Japanese history and traditional culture. Fushimi, a district in Kyoto city, is rich in high quality water. Cool, clear natural groundwater flows beneath Momoyama Hills before rising to the ground as cold springs near the […]
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Sep
Sep
NIKKEI MINI MATSURI AT NIKKEI NATIONAL MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTRE On September 4th and 5th there was a family-friendly Japanese-style summer festival at Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre (6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby BC V5E 4M7). The first day, on September 4th, it was raining although there were still many people who came to enjoy […]
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Aug
Aug
Japanese Sake tasting event The authentic family-friendly Japanese summer festival, Nikkei “NATSU” Matsuri, will be held on September 4th and 5th, 2021. We, SABC members, will set up a booth for SAKE tasting! Please come and join this family-related event at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre (6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby BC V5E 4M7). […]