“Rikka no Mori 2025” (*), the sake that the graduate students worked on sake brewing, will be on sale at Niigata University Co-op from June 10, 2025.
It will also be available for a limited time during the “Blessings of the Earth and Snow – Niigata’s Food and Traditions for the Future” in the Theme Week “Necessities of Life: Food, Clothign and Shelter” held at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan from June 10 to June 13.
Quantities in both locations are limited, so be sure to purchase it as soon as possible.

【Niigata University Co-op】
　　Sales period: June 10, 2025 – until sold out  (sold out)
　　Sales location: Purchasing Department, Health Center 2F, Ikarashi Campus, Niigata University
　　　　　(W1 on Ikarashi Campus Map)
　　　　　(8050 Ikarashi 2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, Japan)
　　　　　(Open weekdays 10:00 – 16:45)
　　Price: 300ml     900 yen (tax included)
　　　　　720ml  2,000 yen (tax included)

【Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan】
　Theme Week “Necessities of Life: Food, Clothign and Shelter”
　Blessings of the Earth and Snow – Niigata’s Food and Traditions for the Future
　　Sales period: June 10 – June 13, 2025 (tentative)
　　Sales location: Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
　　　　　EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” (west side of the Grand Ring)
　　　　　(Yumeshima, Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan)
　　Organizer of the event: Niigata Prefecture
　　※For details of the event, please click here for the Niigata Prefecture official website.
　　　(The linked website is in Japanese.)

The QR code on the label shows a video of the students brewing sake and the analysis of the sake’s aroma components.

https://sake.niigata-u.ac.jp/rikkanomori/

(*) “Rikka no Mori 2025” is the sake that the graduate students of the Graduate School Sakeology Program worked on sake brewing during “Sakeology Advanced Practice,” one of the curriculums, at the Niigata Prefectural Sake Research Institute from January to March 2025.
“Rikka no Mori” was first brewed in 2024 as a commemorative sake presented at the Ceremony of Niigata University 75th Anniversary Celebration. In 2025, it will be  sold to the general public for the first time.
For more information on “Rikka no Mori 2024,” please click here.