{"id":171920,"date":"2025-07-02T13:39:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171920&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:39:56","slug":"kurume-launches-local-sake-yakitori-pairing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kurume-launches-local-sake-yakitori-pairing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurume Launches Local Sake For Yakitori Pairing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new local sake, \u201cYoibi,\u201d designed to complement Kurume\u2019s yakitori, was unveiled on July 1. Developed over five months to celebrate yakitori\u2019s 100-Year Food designation, the dry sake balances the dish\u2019s flavors. It will be available from July 9 at liquor stores and restaurants in Kurume, priced at \u00a5500\u2013700 per glass.\u00a0<strong>Source:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/welcome_kurume\/status\/1939979792893583837\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome Kurume official X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15513745&amp;ymd=2025-07-01\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kurume-yoibi_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C936&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"936\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kurume-yoibi_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kurume-yoibi_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kurume-yoibi_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kurume-yoibi_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C513&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>A new local sake, \u201cYoibi,\u201d designed to complement Kurume\u2019s yakitori, was unveiled on July 1. Developed over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171920","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kurume","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171920","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=171920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}