At last, this year’s Nishinomiya Kurabiraki sake brewery openings are in the final stretch🍶 On Saturday, March 7, “Ozeki Kurabiraki 2026” will be held.
(Info provided by Kaorun)
Here it is↓
Ozeki Kurabiraki 2026
When is it?
Saturday, March 7
10:00〜15:00
Where is it?
Kotobuki Product Warehouse Truck Yard
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 9-29 Imazu Dezaikecho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
What will there be?
Fresh unpasteurized sake tasting, straight from the brewery🍶
Compare two kinds of fresh unpasteurized sake. 500 yen fee- Sale of Kanzō completion commemorative sake🍶
Limited quantities of Junmai Daiginjo will be sold Lucky bag sales🛍️
Great-value lucky bags filled with sake and more. Limited to 1,000 bagsFood stalls🍢
Local Nishinomiya shops are scheduled to set up booths. Looks like there’ll be all kinds of tasty food to enjoy
- Brewery tour🍶
Limited to the first 120 people; registration starts at 9:30. 1,000 yen fee (includes tasting and a souvenir) Stage events🎤
Performances by brewery volunteer bands, sake-brewing songs, and more
11:00〜 Nada Gogo brewery volunteer band “Sakana Babies”
12:00〜 Sake-brewing songs
13:00〜 Ozeki Light Music ClubESG/SDGs corner🌱
Sales of environmentally friendly SDGs-themed sake
Scenes from the 2025 event↓
At last year’s Ozeki Kurabiraki, there was a seriously long line of people waiting to get in〜
It was so crowded at peak times that entry restrictions were put in place.
The line wrapped halfway around that huge Ozeki factory and the neighboring family restaurant area before finally reaching the end. It looked to be about 320 meters long, with easily more than 600 people waiting.
It was packed inside too,
and the line for paid tastings was pretty impressive as well〜
The photo above shows last year’s food vendors, but it looks like this year’sfood stalls will mainly feature Nishinomiya restaurants🙌
Which shops will be there? You’ll have to go on the day to find out〜
We found out〜
Yakiniku Kacchan
Will they bring beef skewers!?
Dashi no Mise Tsumiki
Dashimaki and sake!!
Bomaye
Now this is classic spice curry!
Torikara Stand
I want to eat that gentle karaage〜〜!
Sengyo to Jukusei Tsuzaki
Fish with sake?! Expectations are high
The danjiri is coming
Apparently, the danjiri float from Fukuo Shrine will be coming to the Ozeki Kurabiraki venue!
Look! It’s shaped like a car〜. Personally, the chants get me super hyped too〜
It also looks like it’ll pass by Kanju-an, and it’s scheduled to arrive at the Ozeki Kurabiraki venue around 10:00! It won’t be able to come if it rains〜
How do you get to the venue?
The route to Ozeki Kurabiraki is explained clearly on the Instagram account of Hanshin Nishinomiya Odekake Information Center〜
The route is shown with scenery photos from the second image onward in the post above.
Going on foot
About 13 minutes southeast on foot from Imazu Station
On the map, it looks like this↓