{"id":175105,"date":"2025-12-19T14:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=175105&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:25:11","slug":"fukuoka-brewers-win-top-honors-in-france","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-brewers-win-top-honors-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Brewers Win Top Honors in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two sake producers from Fukuoka Prefecture won top honors at a Japanese sake competition held in Paris and reported their achievements to Governor Seitaro Hattori on December 18. Kitaya of Yame received the judges\u2019 highest award in the sparkling sake category for its Kitaya Sparkling Awasake, while Shinozaki of Asakura won the top prize in the prestige koji spirits category for its liqueur Asakura. The competition, held in May, evaluated Japanese alcoholic beverages from across the country. Representatives of both breweries said the recognition highlighted the quality of Fukuoka\u2019s brewing industry. Governor Hattori said he hoped the awards would help further promote Fukuoka\u2019s local alcohol overseas. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/kuramaster.com\/ja\/concours\/comite-2025\/laureats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Association de Kura Master<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_175104\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175104\" class=\"size-full wp-image-175104\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_sake-award-tasting_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C922&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Brewers Win Top Honors in France\" width=\"1400\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_sake-award-tasting_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_sake-award-tasting_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_sake-award-tasting_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C674&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_sake-award-tasting_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-175104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Association de Kura Master<\/p><\/div>\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>Two sake producers from Fukuoka Prefecture won top honors at a Japanese sake competition held in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":175104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-175105","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/175105","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}