Скачать с ютуб HYBRID | Toast to Recovery. Noto Sake Masterclass with Kenichi Ohashi MW в хорошем качестве

HYBRID | Toast to Recovery. Noto Sake Masterclass with Kenichi Ohashi MW

Discover the brewing traditions of sake from the Noto Peninsula and learn how the earthquake which struck the region on 1 January 2024 affected the local industry. On 1 January 2024, when many Japanese families were celebrating New Year’s Day, a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula located in Ishikawa Prefecture. The earthquake, followed by landslides, fires and a tsunami warning, took the lives of 245, left 1191 people injured. It also caused widespread destruction to housing and infrastructure in the region, including in the towns of Wajima and Noto famous for their lacquerware and sake making traditions, and had a devastating effect on many local businesses, such as renowned lacquer studios and sake breweries. The road to recovery is going to be a long one. This event, bringing together the best sake experts in the world, is jointly organized by Japan House London, International Wine Challenge and Sake Samurai Association. The event starts with an opening address by Matsuda Yasuhiro, Minister for Financial Affairs from the Embassy of Japan in the UK and a short introduction about the impact of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake on the local sake industry by the Chairman of Sake Samurai Association, Kitahara Tsushima. They will be followed by a masterclass on Noto sake by wine and sake expert Kenichi Ohashi MW. After the IWC judges and co-chairmen Simon Hofstra and Beau Timken have given the audience a closer look at the six brands of sake featured in the evening tasting, all four speakers sit together to take questions from the audience.