{"id":169070,"date":"2025-02-21T13:45:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169070&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:47:10","slug":"oita-nikaido-shochu-dodgers-official-shochu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/oita-nikaido-shochu-dodgers-official-shochu\/","title":{"rendered":"Oita&#8217;s Nikaido Shochu Becomes Dodgers&#8217; Official Shochu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikaido Shochu, produced by Nikaido Shuzo in Hiji Town, Oita Prefecture, has been named the official shochu of Major League Baseball&#8217;s Los Angeles Dodgers. This marks the first time a Japanese shochu has received such recognition from a professional sports team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through a newly announced partnership, Nikaido Shochu will be available at Dodger Stadium, with popular drinks like &#8220;Nikasour&#8221; offered to fans. The brand&#8217;s advertisements will also appear on the stadium&#8217;s electronic displays, and related events are planned throughout the MLB season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikaido Shuzo President Yuichi Nikaido expressed pride in the partnership, stating excitement about introducing Japanese shochu to Dodgers fans.<\/span><b> Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nikaidoshuzou.jp\/news\/20250219.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikaido<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169068\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_nikaido-dodgers_2025.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oita's Nikaido Shochu Becomes Dodgers' Official Shochu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_nikaido-dodgers_2025.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_nikaido-dodgers_2025.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_nikaido-dodgers_2025.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_nikaido-dodgers_2025.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikaido Shochu, produced by Nikaido Shuzo in Hiji Town, Oita Prefecture, has been named the official shochu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169070","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-oita-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}