NAKAHARA Yaichi, Mayor of Niigata City, explores the charms of each of the eight wards of Niigata City and introduces them in the “Discovering the charms of the eight wards” series in the city’s public relations magazine “Niigata City News.” He visited the Sakeology Center on July 12, 2024, and introduced us in the “(25) Nishi ward edition” of the series in the “Niigata City News: August 18, 2024, No. 2821.”

Mayor Nakahara enthusiastically listened to the explanation about sake and the Center’s activities related to Sakeology by the faculty members in the seminar room. Then, he toured the Center’s laboratories and observed the sake mash moromi being experimented on in the sake test-brewing laboratory.

Mayor Nakahara (left), receiving the explanation in the Sakeology Center Seminar Room

Mayor Nakahara (right), smelling moromi in the laboratory

In front of the Sakeology Center
(from left) SUEYOSHI Kuni, Director of the Sakeology Center; NAKAHARA Yaichi, Mayor of Niigata City;
USHIKI Tatsuo, President of Niigata University;
HIRATA Dai, Vice Director of the Center; and KISHI Yasuyuki, Vice Director of the Center

Please see the following link for the “Niigata City News” regarding Mayor Nakahara’s visit to the Sakeology Center.

Niigata City News: August 18, 2024, No. 2821
“Mayor NAKAHARA Yaichi explores; Discovering the charms of the eight wards　(25) -Nishi ward edition-”
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　(The linked website is in Japanese)