Why You Should Visit
A one-day tasting event where 12 distilleries — mostly from Kagoshima, plus Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Oita — gather in Akashi with around 30 kinds of honkaku shochu. Pours are 300–400 yen a glass, so you can work through sweet-potato, barley and rice styles and find the one that suits you. The people pouring are from the distilleries themselves, and they'll tell you how each bottle is best drunk. Five Akashi restaurants serve food alongside, so there's always something to eat between glasses. It's held indoors on the 2nd floor of Papios Akashi, right by Akashi Station, so summer heat and rain are less of an issue.
Participating Shops
Shop List & Map
The 12 distilleries and the restaurants announced on the organizer's official Instagram (@kyouennotoki). A booth of reference bottles is also planned.
Essentials
- location
- Akashi Citizens' Plaza, 2F Papios Akashi (Akashi, Hyogo)
- period
- August 2, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- 11:00–15:00
- cost
- Shochu is 300–400 yen a glass, paid by ticket. Advance tickets are 2,000 yen and are worth 2,200 yen of shochu tickets; tickets are also sold at the venue on the day and can be used from a single glass. Food is charged separately, cash only.
- access
- Right by Akashi Station (JR / Sanyo Electric Railway), on the 2nd floor of Papios Akashi. By car, use the paid Papios Akashi parking garage — though drivers should not drink at the event.
- REGISTRATION
- Advance tickets are on sale at the organizer's own shop and at the participating restaurants (Ebisui, Santaka, Daigaku, Matsumotoya, Table5). No reservation is needed — tickets can also be bought at the venue on the day.
- NOTE
- 【Participating distilleries (12)】
・Ebisu Shuzo (Fukuoka)
・Oishi Shuzojo (Kumamoto)
・Ogomi Shoten (Kagoshima)
・Kagoshima Shuzo (Kagoshima)
・Kokubu Shuzo (Kagoshima)
・Komaki Jozo (Kagoshima)
・Komasa Jozo (Kagoshima)
・Sato Shuzo (Kagoshima)
・Jotokuya Shuzojo (Oita)
・Taikai Shuzo (Kagoshima)
・Nishi Shuzo (Kagoshima)
・Wakashio Shuzo (Kagoshima)
*Includes a booth of reference bottles not yet on the market.
【Participating restaurants】
・Ebisui
・Santaka
・Daigaku
・Matsumotoya
・Table5
【How to enjoy it】
・Compare around 30 shochu made from sweet potato, barley, rice and more, one glass at a time
・Staff from each distillery suggest how their bottles are best drunk (on the rocks, with hot water, with soda)
*This is not an all-you-can-drink event; drinks are paid for by ticket.
FAQ
Is it all-you-can-drink?
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What about rain or the heat?
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