Future Boy Conan collaboration sake “Junmai Ginjo Umasou” is now available! Pre-orders start on Tuesday, May 28, 2024!

Nexus Co., Ltd. (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo CEO: Masahiro Ozawa) is pleased to announce that it has planned and will be releasing an original sake called “Junmai Ginjo Umasou” based on the classic anime “Future Boy Conan,” the first work directed by Hayao Miyazaki that was broadcast in 1978.

Produced by Okuhida Shuzo Co., Ltd., a sake brewery in Gifu Prefecture. Reservations are now being accepted from today, Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

The price is 5,500 yen (tax included). Pre-ordered items will be shipped sequentially from June 18, 2024 (Tuesday).

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[Junmai Ginjo looks delicious]

This product is inspired by the idea of ​​a souvenir shop in High Harbor, the hometown of Lana, the heroine of “Future Boy Conan,” and a place filled with nature.

The design is simple, featuring the potato stamps of Jimsey's pet piglets, “Umasou” and “Haibabaa”, but the sake itself is made from sake rice that has been richly grown by storing a lot of solar energy, giving it a delicious flavor. Please try High Harbor's specialty, “Umasou”.

Gifu Prefecture's sake-brewing rice variety “Hida Homare” is a type of rice that dissolves well during the fermentation process, resulting in a sake with a slightly stronger flavor. It pairs perfectly with Kyokai No. 9, which produces a refreshing citrus aroma, and produces a crisp aftertaste without compromising the flavor, which tends to be stronger.

It is best served at room temperature or warm to body temperature, but it can also be enjoyed cold, warm, or hot.

Recommended dishes that go well with this product are pork dishes such as pork ginger stir-fry, twice cooked pork, braised pork belly, and pork cutlets.

■Product name: Future Boy Conan collaboration sake “Junmai Ginjo Umasou”

■Price: 5,500 yen (tax included)

■ Capacity: 720ml

■Type: Junmai Ginjo

■ Alcohol content: 15%

■ Sake meter value: +1

■Rights: © NIPPON ANIMATION CO., LTD. ©Nexus Co., Ltd.

■Sales location: Sakatsunagi Online Shop ()

■ Manufacturer: Okuhida Shuzo Co., Ltd.

■Notes

・The minimum age to drink alcohol is 20. We strictly prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages to anyone under the age of 20.
-Avoid drinking alcohol during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.

・This product is for sale in Japan only. We do not sell or ship outside of Japan.

-Product specifications and shipping dates are subject to change without notice.

[About Future Boy Conan]

■Introduction

An animated series that aired in 1978.

Set in the world of 2028 AD after the final war, the story depicts the encounter and adventure of Conan, a boy who lives with his grandfather on an isolated island, and Lana, a girl who is washed up on the island. It is also known as Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut.

■ Story

20 years after the cataclysm.

On the isolated island “Nokosareshima” lived an old man called Ojii and a boy called Conan who was born after the great cataclysm. On the way back from hunting a shark called Hanajiro, Conan found a girl called Lana washed up on the beach…

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[About Okuhida Sake Brewery]

Okuhida Sake Brewery is located in Kanayama-cho, Gero City, where the pure Maze River, which produces the largest amount of sweetfish in Japan, meets the pure Hida River, which flows through the waters of the southern foot of Mt. Norikura. In the past, the area flourished as a transportation hub for visitors to Gero Onsen for hot spring cures and for Kiso cypress.

We have been brewing sake for 304 years since our founding in 1720 (the fifth year of the Kyoho era) during the mid-Edo period. We use Hida Homare rice, which is suitable for sake brewing and is grown in Gifu Prefecture, as well as Gifu G2 yeast, to create sake that combines tradition and innovation.

Come visit Kaneyama Town to see the fluttering Japanese endemic Gifu butterflies in the spring, enjoy the negative ions of the scenic four waterfalls in the summer, admire the autumn leaves of Nakayama Shichiri in the fall, and enjoy the icy winter scenery.

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[What is the Sake Tsunagi Project?]

By collaborating with Japan's leading entertainment such as anime and games, why not “connect” Japanese traditions to the younger generation who will lead the next generation? Please feel free to contact us.

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