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The significance of this years "Sake-no-Jin" volition instruct downward inwards the books every bit a momentous occasion for Japanese sake, in addition to the many brewers who guide maintain painstakingly held things together postal service 3-11.  
 ("Sake no Jin is an annual sake fair, attended past times nearly 1 hundred sake producers from across Niigata, a prefecture  known for its exceptionally high lineament soba, rice,and rice beer ").
If all goes good this year, Sake no jin volition live held on March sixteen in addition to 17 at the Toki Messe convention middle inwards Niigata City, nearly a 2 sixty minutes shinkansen ride from Tokyo.  
Here's what to await for in addition to what I await forwards to tasting: 
A twosome of large names to recollect would live Asahi Shuzo in addition to Midori Gawa Shuzo!    
1) Tokugetsu and Asahi Yama300 and Kubota
2) Hakyuro
3) Kagatora
5) Hakkaisan
8) Kirinzan
9) Midorikawa 
10) I await forwards to eating delicious Hegi Soba in addition to Tempura. 
11) And lastly Harashuzo = Great umami type sakes.  
I highly recommend sampling all of these offerings every bit most of these are pretty quondam in addition to good established sake breweries in addition to sake.  Try all of the novel materials too.   It's skilful to mass accommodations early if you'll live staying saturday in addition to sunday.
For people flight inwards from overseas I highly recommend trying the difficult materials to instruct exterior of Japan.  Yes, at that topographic point are around stores that offering rare seasonal sake inwards North America.   Keep inwards heed the Nama-genshu, in addition to Tokubetsu sakes.   Focus on the  Junmai Nama Genshus and Junmai Nama Chozoshus.
Tickets tin forcefulness out live purchased at convenience stores or at the door at Toki Messa.