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the other day I visited to a brewery in Nikko,Tochigi. At present We are developing the possibility of Sake experience there because the Nikko has the Toshogu Shrine,one of the most popular tourist place in japan. the president and staffs welcomed me with open arms.

In addition to Sake, Green Tea experience program in Shizuoka has just added to our program line.
this weekend I m staying here in Shizuoka to inspect green tea industry to learn more. I got to know many exciting stuffs and We are going to increase the programs in tea field and Shizuoka.



When I m in Shizuoka, I m always staying in a town house enclosed by green tea field. It is time to breath the air.

We are developing a new BUDDHA BAR in the list of our Sake＆Arts program and inspected the world’s largest bronze statue of the Buddha in Nara Prefecture. it is 14.98 m (49 ft 2 in) in hight and 500 tonnes in weights. Lately We are working with a nearby Sake brewery and trying to create the new BUDDHA BAR for foreign visitors.

I am here visiting our birthplace .This is Nakasendo Street in Fukaya,Saitama, with its old shops ,stalks, and unchanged lanes. Some years of our Sake＆Arts activity were spent here. At these houses,ex Sake brewery site the activity was born as I was born in a Sake town in Kyoto.I can never look at that old old wooden without deep feeling.

vintage Shop Sign Says “Nanatsu Ume” in red ink. it was the best selling Sake brand produced by the brewery.Our business name , Nanatsu Yume , was named after the Sake brand name.

Our business journey started here in 2009

today is a Sakekasu day. I have  many discussions about  Sakekasu,lees  which  is the left after the sake was pressed out of the mash. it is used in cooking to create winter season dishes like Sakekasu soup.

I feel chilly today. Sake breweries are calm over during summer and they get into busy as the weather makes for Sake brew conditions.

the otherday I had a meeting with the owner of a close sake brewery
in Tanba Province ,Hyogo to discuss some developments include TV press trip from Taiwan. At present We are trying to arrange it in this coming Winter. We had twice Sake press trip arrangements with the brewery. this would be the third time .

Aside from the discussion , Every time I visit a Sake brewery I find something new.

At present We are developing an unique Yoshino Cider chopsticks gift produced in Yoshino Province ,Nara Pref for a foreign travel company. the Yoshino Province is ethe best know cider industry place since ancient time. Once the Yoshino Cider is the main material for Sake Taru, barrel. I hope that this project will do well.

This Oct We will have an opportunity to invite one group form australia to a sake brewery. It should be a short time sake brewer visit experience however I’m working hard to organize the experience exclusive to the group . We are thinking about a gift , a sake cup made by Yoshino Cider

I m here in Taiwan for some developments Which include Discussion with a major TV relations in Taiwan . At present We are developing the possibility of press trip focusing on Sake experience and some Japanese industries form Taiwan . I hope that it will come true in this coming winter , sake making season .
In the last two years we had two opportunities to organize such press trip from abroad. One is from Hongkong another is from Middle East .they be reported our sake experiences and our closest industries .

today  this rare vintage baggage based on used Sake making tool  will be delivered to our client in travel industry.  they have be used as a welcome gift to their luxury customers from abroad since that spring in 2015 . I hope that their luxury customer s will be increasing.

the spring is the time to harvest green tea leaf in Japan.
We have been going to tea firm areas in Shizuoka,Mt.Fuji Area for sometime now. new program , the first hand tea picking up and tea tasting progam will be released so soon. the spring is also the time to enjoy very fresh Sake. accordingly We will prepare for green tea and Sake tasting program too.

This bag is made using sakebukuro from a Brewery, which is introducing sophisticated japanese product to the world. Sakebukuro(bag for sake) dates back to Edo period and
was used till the early 20th century as an indispensable tool for sake brewing to filter malted rice of unrefined sake.
Craftspeople for sake brewing coated sakebukuro with persimmon varnish over and over again to produce strong
sakebukuro having waterproof property and durability. Persimmon varnish is Japanese traditional natural water-resistant
pigment that is made by crushing and squeezing sour persimmon fruit. Please use the bag while feeling the strong presence
of sakebukuro that was long used as a tool to produce famous brand of sake.

・Caution for use / This bag uses a vintage material. For this reason, the product features include dyeing speck, flaws, patch of cloth.Due to the dyed material, color loss or color transfer may occur. Please refrain from washing with light
colors or whites.

one of my closest writer reported our Sake Arts tour in MIX Magazine, a Mice business magazine.

It is fortunate it is on sale that almost all the Tokyu Hands, an unique department store chain which has thirty or more branches in Japan.

for the last seven years  this paper clip has been stable in the sales.it becomes our longest selling stationery.

Paper Clip Te (in the shape of “Hands”)
this series(Hands,Human,Foot) is the first time Paper Clip with decorated handles in the world.In addition to the everyday use , this would make a great gift.

Material: steel,steel castings
Five pieces in a box
Our suggested price:525 Yen
Now on sale at Tokyu Hands,Japanese largest DIY store chain and some major staionery stores

Tea .

We have been going to Enshu estate in Shizuoka,Mt. Fuji Area for sometime now.
it has one of two grandest tea industry area in japan and visiting tea comanies to learn the industry and meet
people there is main motivation.

this year We would like to develop a tea firm first hand experience and a tea tasting event hosted by a tea brand from the estate in Tokyo for foreign visiters.

the industry has been declining like Sake, another Japanese traditional industry. for Sake, our main field the rate of consumption is about 7% in entire japanese alcohols consumpion. I think the situation of tea is better than Sake because people tend to have non alcohol growing awareness of health .

the otherday the news that a tea brand in Shizuoka is trying to stretch their fine tea products to Middle East Area was broadcasted. We believe that they also have a wish to promote in abroad, We hope to work for their passion,

good news came ,
We are helping a business partner comany in food industry to look for a fine Sake lees.
last year We have suggested one from a brewery in Kyoto and they are selling it though fine supermarkets chain. besides they are exploring different quality one and weeks ago We suggested a brewery in Shizuoka,
theydesiced to sell it too,

sake lees..

I am here in Tokyo Station Arts Garelly
museum . you can fInd our Mt, Fuji gift product in the museum store .

Tokyo Station Arts Garelly
http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/gallery/english/index.html

our Mt. Fuji stationeries are present at the observation place,52th flower in Roppongi Mori Tower, one of iconic high rise towers in Tokyo. the building houses Mori Arts museum , a leading contemporary art museum and store which is also the place to see and touch our products. Since our very first product, an unique watch serious ,they have been selling our beand products.

Washi Tape ,

this unique Washi tape which has 14 Japanese traditional patterns with gold leaf
has joined our stationery product list. a traditional pattern was gold leaf printed on Washi tape.

[product] Mt. Fuji Writing paper

Listed as a world cultural heritage site as “an object of pilgrimage and a source of artistic inspiration, it is a sacred mountain where the ancient worship of Mount Fuji has developed. It also appears repeatedly as a key subject matter in artistic creations.

We have made Japan’s largest 3776 meters tall icon into a writing paper. How about taking this symbol of luck, Mount Fuji for your daily use or as a gift?

link

http://xn--bdkla7gya.com/news_en.html

We ware talking about some developments with the president in their well furnshed meeting room in the part of historical wooden buildings shipping their premium Sake.

it was the first meeting in 2016 and very fruitful meeting . hoping that our business collaboration will be going well.

the other day I went to a closest Sake brewery to attend the annual Sake celebration event in Hyogo Prefecture, the grandest Sake estate in Japan. many local folks and sake lovers was gathering to celebrate their new Sake thought it was very cold.

A sake gift project with a travel company,our client has just started.
a Sake bottle will be delivered to the guest ‘s hotel just before the guest will be in from a Sake brewery.
our concept is Enjoy very Fresh Sake. Making Sake in winter season is a tradition but the brewery, our business parnter is doing all the year.
We hope that it will work for Welcome sake for the guest from abroad.

our brand new gold leaf products ware invited to Ensouler Design Festival.

some our business partners include Sake brewery and Onsen,Hot spring resort has been featured in a Hogngkongese newspaper.
it was a part of the press trip which We organized last month.

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/travel/art/20150309/19068337

We had the opportunity to　organize　a Japanese Sake lecture for 40 students in Virginia Univ,US in the Nishiyama Sake brewery in Hyogo. the president hosted the Sake marketing lecture and tasting .

We organzied an exclusive Sake tasting at a temple in Kyoto. the group in American travel industry and inveited by JNTO.

our stationery will be invited to a trading show in NY

Behold！my comment was reported in CEI Asia,a Hongkong and Uk base magazine. some MICE experts at some major hotels like Conrad , Shagri La, Intercontinental made Itenaries and I reviewed them.

CEI Asia

We are helping some food companies to promote their fine Japan products in abroad. An unique soap, one of them are reported in the latest issue of Tatler Indonesia, luxury life style magazine.

the article
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[700 poppers in Hongkong ] Behold!! zuma, best known Japanese contemporary cuisine restraunt chain in the world, has Hongkong branch in central area. they will use our Japanese Seasonal Party Poppers in their this end of year event. A Nice Surprise.

The latest issue of Elle ,Denmark features our Seasonal Party Poppers in their Xmas Contents.Our product matchs up evenly with Dolce & Gabbana and Guerlain.We feel honored.

http://www.elle.dk/Konkurrencer/2012/December/Dolce-Gabbana-festtaske-goodiebag-december-2012.aspx

on 11th,Oct We had an opportunity to guide an American who is the representative of Kyoto City Tourim around Kyoto and Osaka. I learned a lot of PR in abroad although it was just one day experince.

Our products will be featuring on “Sweet Life”, a radion show on Tokyo FM. The host is　Rina Uchiyama, Japanese well known actress. Website

＊House＆garden, a UK major life style magazine features our products in their Xmas contents.

http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/lifestyle/2012/december/japanese-party-poppers

＊Our Japanese Seasonal Party Poppers will be exhibited at a booth Paper World 2013,a leading International Trade Fair for Paper, Office Supplies and Stationery ,which will be held in Frankfurt ,Germany from 26-29th Jan.it is fortunate that a Canadian company invited us the trade fair.Please come and see our products if you come to be Frakfurt

we visited Matsumoto Sake brewing company established in 1791, Japanese restaurant Uosaburo established in 1764 and blacksmith’s shop Mizuno Tanrenjyo established in 1872 in a day. We learned a lot about japanese traditions in Fushimi ,Kyoto and Sakai ,Osaka.

we had a lot seafood-based cuisines, which are meant to symbolize Uosaburo in Kyomachi street. my birth place also in this street.