Blog
2012 Volunteer Project
Upcoming Volunteer Project: In September 2011, with the theme “Traditional Japanese industry affected by the East Earthquake”, we organized a volunteer project, sending UK students to work at Niizawa Sake Brewing Co. Ltd., as well as touring Iwate and Miyagi, visiting affected sake breweries. A documentary video of the project was shown at a charity event at the Embassy of Japan in the UK on September 20th; and our activities were widely reported, with articles in Asahi Shinbun... Read More
Niizawa Brewery Update
More than half a year has passed since our volunteers worked at Mr Niizawa’s sake brewery. Whilst I was in Sendai to organize this year’s volunteer trip, Mr Niizawa kindly came to meet me from Furukawa. We talked about the memorable days at the Niizawa brewery while eating Kaisendon (seafood ball), and then he took me to see his new sake brewery. The last time we were here, sake was still being made at the old brewery, and the new brewery was not operational. The old brewery... Read More
[REPORT]SEPTEMBER 2011 SAKE VOLUNTEERING PROJECT
[Report] Sake Volunteering Project 2011 The Great East Japan Earthquake saw 93 out of the 114 breweries in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima Prefectures suffer great damage, with nine facilities being completely destroyed. The purpose of our Sake Volunteer Project was to witness the affected areas first-hand, lending what support we could to the breweries, and to highlight the situation in the region. So it was that eighteen volunteers arrived in Sanbongi, Osaki City,... Read More
