Pre-register for this exciting shochu event! Japan House London teams up with the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association to bring you a live online seminar and distillery tour featuring Japan-based experts Stephen Lyman and Christopher Pellegrini. Pellegrini will begin with a brief, interactive introduction to Japan's indigenous spirit, shochu, and Lyman will narrate a … [Read more...]
Landmark Sake Future Summit features 11 critical shochu and awamori episodes
**Updated January 1st, 2021 Sponsored by the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (JSS), the Sake Future Summit was a nearly non-stop live broadcast starting at 11 AM JST on Saturday (Nov 21st) and running straight through until 6 PM Sunday (Nov 22nd). And it's 100% dedicated to kokushu (Japan's national beverages)! The Sake Future Summit's (SFS) mission is to … [Read more...]
Free Shochu & Awamori Tasting
Sign up soon! Follow the link to get in the lottery and (hopefully) on the guest list at one of the year's biggest tastings! Click here for more information. … [Read more...]
Updated: Sake and Shochu Academy February 2017 Dates Announced!
The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (JSS) recently announced that it will hold its second ever "kokushu" certification course. The course, which runs from February 5-9 and costs ￥100,000 (accommodations included), is designed to give attendees an up-close look at these drinks that can't be gleaned from books. The first day will involve seminars about shochu, … [Read more...]