HIRATA Dai, Ph.D., Vice Director of the Sakeology Center, gave a lecture at the “2026 Miss SAKE Nadeshiko Program” on Saturday, April 11.

Date : April 11, 2026 (Sat.), 15:30–17:00
Venue: Kamimukougura, Beer Brewery, Ishikawa Brewery Co., Ltd.
Theme: “Sakeology, the world’s first academic discipline, from Niigata”

（※） “Miss SAKE” is an “ambassador with a sense of beauty and intelligence” who introduces the attractiveness of traditional sake and Japanese culture to people in Japan and abroad, and is selected annually at the Miss SAKE contest organized by the General Incorporated Association Miss SAKE.