Fukushima Prefecture Promotes Sake and Shochu in New York
The prefectural government of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, held an event at a Japanese restaurant in New York to promote sake, shochu, and other local products.
At the event, U.S. restaurant representatives and wholesalers were offered junmai shu, a type of sake, and rice-based shochu, as well as Fukushima delicacies such as pork cutlets with sauce on rice and squid with carrots.
Mina Newman, a chef at a high-end restaurant, described the sake as "crisp" and said it pairs well with salmon sashimi.
Fukushima-based sake makers expressed enthusiasm about entering the U.S. market despite the challenges posed by high tariffs on Japanese food imports under President Donald Trump's administration.
Author's summary: The Fukushima prefecture promotes sake in New York.