Craft Sake Week (Tokyo, Japan)

Craft Sake Week 2024 runs from 18 to 29 April at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo and will feature sakes from 120 carefully selected breweries.

The world’s largest craft sake festival, Craft Sake Week, makes a return for its 2024 edition. First organised by sake-loving former national soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata back in 2016 – who has his own “N” Sake brand – this year’s event takes place from 18 to 29 April 2024 and is again held at Roppongi Hills Arena.

This year’s edition of Craft Sake Week is set to unveil sakes from some 120 sake breweries carefully curated from across Japan. Each day of the 12-day festival features a different theme. Instead of showcasing all 120 breweries at the same time, each festival day shines the spotlight on 10 breweries chosen around a specific theme.

Aside from sake, Craft Sake Week has also curated a number of food booths some of which are Japan’s most popular restaurants that are hard to book, as well as some that promote top-quality Japanese tea.

Festival goers are required to purchase a starter set containing 11 official coins needed to purchase sake and food at the venue, and includes the official event glass to be used on-site. The starter set, which costs from ￥3,900, can be purchased here.

For more information, visit craftsakeweek.com/en.

The brewery lineup for Craft Sake Week 2024:

Thursday 18 April – “HOPE FOR HOKURIKU DAY”

• Tengumai (Shata Shuzo・Fukui)
• Tedorigawa (Yoshida Sake Brewery・Ishikawa)
• Masuizumi (Masuda Shuzoten・Toyama)
• Ariiso (Takasawa Shuzo・Toyama)
• Kachikoma (Kiyoto Shuzojo・Toyama)
• Haneya (Fumigiku Sake Brewery・Toyama)
• Abe (Abe Sake Brewery・Niigata)
• Tenryohai (Tenryohai Shuzo・Niigata)
• Shimeharitsuru (Miyao Sake Brewing・Niigata)
• Sho-ku (Lagoon Brewery・Niigata)

Friday 19 April – “AWA SAKE DAY”

• Mutsuhassen (Hachinohe Shuzo・Aomori)
• Sharaku (Miyaizumi Meijo・Fukushima)
• Dewatsuru (Akita Seishu・Akita)
• Mizubasho (Nagai Sake Inc・Gunma)
• Masumi (Miyasaka Brewing・Nagano)
• Eshikoto (Kokuryu Sake Brewing・Fukui)
• Shichiken (Yamanashi Meijo・Yamanashi)
• Wataribune (Huchu Homare Sake Company・Ibaraki)
• Hatsukame (Hatsukame Sake Brewery・Shizuoka)
• Shichida (Tenzan Sake Brewery・Saga)

Thursday 20 April – “EASTERN STARS DAY”　

• Aramasa (Aramasa Shuzo・Akita)
• Hiraizumi (Hiraizumi Hompo・Akita)
• Koganezawa (Kawakei Shoten・Miyagi)
• Yamanoi (Aizu Shuzo・Fukushima)
• Aizu Musume (Takahashi Shosaku Shuzoten・Fukushima)
• Akabu (Akabu Shuzo・Iwate)
• Senkin (Senkin Co., Ltd・Tochigi)
• Yamagata Masamune (Mitobe Shuzo・Yamagata)
• Tabika (Hayakawa Shuzo・Mie)
• Nichi Nichi (Nichi Nichi Jozo・Kyoto)

Sunday 21 April – “WESTERN STARS DAY”　

• Emishiki (Emishiki Shuzo・Shiga)
• Shichihonyari (Tomita Shuzo・Shiga)
• Kaze no Mori (Yucho Shuzo・Nara)
• Banshu Ikkon (Sanyohai Shuzo・Hyogo)
• Kamokinshu (Kanemitsu Shuzo・Hyogo)
• Fukucho (Imada Sake Brewery・Hiroshima)
• Izumofuji (Fuji Shuzo・Shimane)
• Tanaka Rokujugo (Shiraito Sake Brewery・Fukuoka)
• Wakanami (Wakanami Sake Brewery・Fukuoka)
• Ubusuna (Hananoka Shuzo・Kumamoto)

Monday 22 April – “KYUSHU vs KANSAI DAY”　

• Azumatsuru (Azumatsuru Shuzo・Saga)
• Hiran (Mori Shuzojo・Nagasaki)
• Chiebijin (Nakano Shuzo・Nagasaki)
• Tenbu (Nishi Shuzo・Kagoshima)
• Fukuumi (Fukuda Shuzo・Nagasaki)
• Sensuke (Izumi Sake Brewery・Hyogo)
• Shirakiku (Shirasugi Shuzo・Kyoto)
• Kagura (Matsui Sake Brewery・Kyoto)
• Matsu no Tsukasa (Matsuse Sake Brewery・Shiga)
• KID (Heiwa Shuzo・Wakayama)

Tuesday 23 April – “CHUGOKU/SHIKOKU DAY”　

• Ohmine (Ohmine Shuzo・Yamaguchi)
• Choyofuku Musume (Iwasaki Shuzo・Yamaguchi)
• Gokyo (Sakai Shuzo・Yamaguchi)
• ROOM (Yachiyo Shuzo・Yamaguchi)
• Gassan (Yoshida Sake Brewing・Shimane)
• Kameizumi (Kameizumi Shuzo・Kochi)
• Bijofu (Hamakawa Shoten・Kochi)
• Bunkajin (Arisawa Co., Ltd・Kochi)
• Keigetsu (Tosa Shuzo・Kochi)
• Suigei (Suigei Brewing・Kochi)

Wednesday 24 April – “TOKAI DAY”

• Shirakawago (Miwa Shuzo・Gifu)
• Hyakushun (Kosaka Shuzojo・Gifu)
• W (Sekiya Brewery・Aichi)
• Kozaemon (Nakashima Sake Brewing・Gifu)
• Tenyurin (Takahashi Shuzo・Mie)
• Shiki (Kawabu Jozo・Mie)
• Oku (Yamazaki Ltd.・Aichi)
• Nito (Maruishi Jozo・Aichi)
• Fukuwagura (Imuraya Co. Ltd・Mie)
• Isojiman (Isojiman Premium Sake Brewing・Shizuoka)

Thursday 25 April – “KANTO DAY”　

• Daiina (Kikunosato Shuzo・Tochigi)
• Asahi Sakae (Sagara Brewing・Tochigi)
• Bo (Tonoike Shuzoten・Tochigi)
• Shichisui (Toraya Honten・Tochigi)
• Ruka (Matsuya Sake Brewery・Gunma)
• Hijiri (Hijiri Shuzo・Gunma)
• Sara (Kitanishi Sake Brewery・Saitama)
• Fusano Kangiku (Kankiku Meijo・Chiba)
• Okunokami (Toshimaya Shuzo・Tokyo)
• Afuri (Kikkawa Jozo・Kanagawa)

Friday 26 April – “TOHOKU DAY”　

• Roman (Hanaizumi Sake Brewery・Fukushima)
• Nagurayama (Nagurayama Shuzo・Fukushima)
• Hirotogawa (Matsuzaki Shuzo・Fukushima)
• Naraman (Yumegokoro Shuzo・Fukushima)
• Tenmei (Akebono Shuzo・Fukushima)
• Aizu Chujo (Tsurunoe Co., Ltd・Yamagata)
• Wagauji (Oujiman Inc.・Yamagata)
• Hagi no Tsuru (Hagino Shuzo・Miyagi)
• Kenkonichi (Onuma Shuzoten・Miyagi)
• Yuki no Bijin (Akita Jozo・Akita)

Saturday 27 April – “FRESH ＆ JUICY SAKE DAY”　

• Hanamura (Ryozeki Shuzo・Akita)
• Kawanakajima Genbu (Shusen Kurano Co.,Ltd・Nagano)
• Mikotsuru (Suwa Mikotsuru Sake Brewery・Nagano)
• Imanishiki (Yonezawa Sake Brewery・Nagano)
• Jozan (Tokoyama Sake Brewery・Fukui)
• Ibuki (Toyokuni Shuzo・Fukushima)
• haccoba (haccoba Inc.・Fukushima)
• Niida Shizenshu (Niida Honke・Fukushima)
• Kamikawa Taisetsu (Kamikawa Taisetsu Sake Brewery・Hokkaido)
• Michizakura (Michizakura Shuzo・Hokkaido)

Sunday 28 April – “SAKENOMY ALL STARS DAY”　

• Oze no Yukidoke (Ryujin Shuzo・Gunma)
• Yuki no Bosha (Saiya Shuzoten・Akita)
• Kudoki Jozu (Kamenoi Shuzo・Yamagata)
• Katsuyama (Katsuyama Supreme Sake・Miyagi)
• Kinoene (Iinuma Honke・Chiba)
• Born (Kato Kichibee Shoten・Fukui)
• Shinshu Kirei (Okazaki Shuzo・Nagano)
• Zaku (Shimizu Seizaburo Shoten・Mie)
• Nabeshima (Fukuchiyo Shuzo・Saga)
• Hakurakusei (Niizawa Sake Brewery・Miyagi)

Monday April 29 “TEAM JUYONDAI DAY”

• Juyondai (Takagi Sake Brewery・Yamagata)
• Jikon (Kiyasho Shuzo・Mie)
• Toyobijin (Sumikawa Sake Brewing・Yamaguchi)
• Gakki Masamune (Okidaikichi Honten・Fukushima)
• Ippaku Suisei (Fukurokuju Shuzo・ Akita)
• Kamonishiki (Kamonishiki Shuzo・Niigata)
• Hououbiden (Kobayashi Shuzo)
• Mimurosugi (Imanishi Shuzo・Nara)
• Houken (Houken Shuzo・Hiroshima)
• Yokoyama Goju (Omoya Shuzo Yokoyama-gura・Nagasaki)

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