[HIGHLIGHTS] First day of spring, freshly squeezed sake is shipped from Sagae, Yamagata

First day of spring, freshly squeezed sake is shipped from Sagae, Yamagata. This event is called ``Risshun Asashibori'' and is held every year by a group of sake brewing companies across the country.

The 4th is the first day of Spring, one of the 24 solar terms in Japan. A group of 10 employees at a sake brewing company in Sagae City worked to bottle the sake they had begun preparing in December of last year. We then shipped over 2,700 bottles of freshly squeezed wine to 12 retailers in YamagATA Prefecture.