• Art de Vivre
• September 2018 - February 2019

Discovering Japanese Culinary Culture

Organized with assistance from restaurants and wine bars, this event will provide opportunities to taste and enjoy Japanese cuisine, sake and tea in a wide range of Parisian establishments.

1. Sake Stroll in Paris
This tour brings together 24 sake producers from a variety of regions in Japan, and just as many restaurants with different styles, all selected after a call for proposals was made. A special week will be organized during which time chefs and sommeliers from the establishments selected must envision recipes that pair well with sake, to present their unique take on an exclusive “Japonismes 2018 menu”. This project, organized by Ryoko Sekiguchi, a writer and translator living in France, will introduce participants to different ways of enjoying the hidden charms of sake within the context of French culture. This is a preliminary event of the Salon du Saké in Paris.

Coordination: Ryoko Sekiguchi
Special collaboration: Salon du Saké, Pasona Agri-partners Inc

・Period：
　September 29 -October 5, 2018
・Venue：
　Restaurants, café
・In collaboration with：
　Salon du Saké
・In corporation with：
　Pasona Agri-partners Inc and Fushikino

2. Six Evenings of Sake Tasting
With the participation of various wine bars in Paris, these six evenings of sake tasting give participants a uniquely relaxed environment in which to enjoy sake from different regions in Japan, with French sommeliers versed in the art of nihonshu. Entirely devoted to one Japanese prefecture per evening, a bar normally frequented by wine lovers will offer several kinds of sake alongside amuse-bouches specially created for the event. The six prefectures selected on the basis of a call for proposals are as follows: Saga, Ishikawa, Niigata, Hiroshima, Nara and Shimane.

・Period：
　November 2018, February 2019
・Venue：
　Wine bars
・Organization：
　Yumiko Aihara, Food Journalist
・Special collaboration：
　Kura Master, Japanese Sake Competition of Paris

3. A Month-Long Discovery of Japanese Tea
For the organization of Tea Month, a number of cafés and bars around Paris will be offering up Japanese tea. Using their own creativity, these establishments will add to the regular menu “Japonismes 2018 special green tea cocktails” or “Japanese tea confectionery,” etc. and come up with original ways to drink Japanese tea that fit into everyday life.
What’s more, for the occasion of Japonismes 2018, and a little ahead of this Japanese Tea Month, Japan Airlines will be offering hôjicha tea tiramisu to all Paris-Tokyo business class passengers.

・Period：
　December 2018
・Venue：
　Cafe, bars
・In collaboration with：
　Pasona Agri-partners Inc
・In corporation with：
　Japan Airlines

 
 
(Updated: 8/31/2018)
 
 
List of venues of Sake Stroll in Paris