Event

Combining the charm of the new local food culture Sanuki Oden and local Kagawa sake, this workshop-style event invites participants to enjoy the pairing of oden and sake while also thinking together about local food, tourism, and how to make use of community resources. Along with the sake community Sake Komachi, you’ll get to experience sake recommendations that pair with oden, as well as unique tastings like oden broth cocktails. Let’s spend a delicious time where taste and ideas meet.

🍢 Kotohira’s First! What is this new food culture “Sanuki Oden”?

Kagawa is known as the “Udon Prefecture,” but the rich appeal of its dashi broth also lives on in oden. A single pot of oden, gently simmered, shared with the person next to you — it creates a warm moment where “deliciousness” and “connection” coexist.
Sanuki Oden is a food culture we hope to nurture here in Kotohira. How can we expand it — through local ingredients, styles of eating, and presentation? Let’s think it through together.

🥂 A New Community Connected by What We Love: Sake Komachi

Sake Komachi is a Japanese sake community for people in their 20s–30s who love sharing drinks and social experiences. Their mission is to make sake feel more approachable for their generation — by drinking, playing, and creating together. It’s a welcoming “third place” where anyone can relax and enjoy themselves.

They also work directly with breweries, and the joy of the community is being able to “contribute to what you love.” Rather than money or efficiency, they act on the values of “fun” and “supporting what you’re passionate about.” For this event, Sake Komachi members will gather in Kotohira to explore new possibilities of pairing sake with Sanuki Oden. Why not join the circle and discover new encounters and ideas?
Sake Komachi: Community, Instagram, X, note

🍶 Kotohira’s Sake: Nishino Kinryo Brewery as Guest

Founded over 230 years ago, Kinryo is a historic sake brewery in Kotohira. Using the pure waters of the Sanuki Plain and high-quality rice, they create sake rooted in Kagawa’s climate and traditions. Loved for its gentle texture and deep flavor, Kinryo is also essential at local festivals and events.
At the entrance of Konpira Shrine, they operate Kinryo no Sato, a free museum housed in a restored Edo-era brewery, where you can see historical brewing tools up close. For this event, Master Brewer Shiro Sakai and Kinryo no Sato’s director Akira Takahashi will join as guests to share sake that pairs with Sanuki Oden and the stories behind their craft.

📝 Event Details
Date/Time: Friday, August 29, 2025 – 19:00–21:00 (Doors open 18:45)
Capacity: 20 participants
Fee: ¥2,000 (incl. light oden set + Light sake tasting set)
Add ¥1,000 for all-you-can-try sake tastings
Venue: Kotori Coworking & Hostel Kotohira
　720-15 Kotohira-cho, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa 766-0001

✨ Highlights
- Pairing experience: finding the best sake for Sanuki Oden
- Workshop: brainstorming how to present and promote this food culture
- Tasting time: classic oden broth cocktails
- Meet local sake fans & those interested in food culture

🛠 Workshop Activities
- Which sake pairs with this oden? – Match ingredients and broth with sake by taste
- How to make it appealing? – Brainstorm catchphrases & serving styles that resonate with tourists and locals

👥 Recommended For
-Those who love sake or oden
- People who want to experience Kotohira through food & cultureAnyone who wants to connect with others through food
- Those interested in local food culture or tourism
- Curious beginners who want to learn about sake
- People looking for hints in community building & regional revitalization
- Anyone inspired by community and turning passions into work

🏚️ Kotori Coworking & Hostel Kotohira

Located in the heart of Kotohira, Kotori is a mixed-use space where you can enjoy both work and travel. It combines a comfortable coworking space with a hostel where local people and travelers from all over the world meet. Kotori regularly hosts workshops and events that highlight local culture and food, making it a place to enjoy working, traveling, connecting, and learning all at once.

👤 Organizers

Soichiro Hino (left) – Instagram
Runs coworking & guesthouse KIKUKO in Saijo, Ehime. Loves sake, reading, and travel. Discovered the joys of sake as a working adult. Currently planning a library where people can read while drinking sake. Very curious about the pairing of oden and sake.

Airi Tsuda (center) – Instagram
Former 2023 Miss SAKE Tottori and Tottori Sake Ambassador, promoting Japanese culture domestically and abroad through sake. Also active as a classroom leader at a free school and correspondence high school. Has lived in Bangkok, Thailand. Passionate about sake, education, and Thailand.

Rin Uzuki (right) – Instagram / X
After working in PR at a major IT company and a PR agency, she founded the creative team Sake Komachi to turn her passion for sake into her work. Independent since 2020 as a PR/SNS planner, she specializes in fan-based branding and PR strategies that blend online & offline. Favorite snack: shirako ponzu.

⚠️ Notes
*Photos will be taken by the organizers. Images may be used on SNS or web media after the event.
*Please refrain from joining if you are unwell or have a fever over 37.5℃.
*Disruptive behavior that disturbs other participants will not be permitted.

Sign up here:
https://sanukiodentonihonsyu.peatix.com/