Sake Matsuri, Singapore’s largest independent craft sake festival returns for its eighth edition this year on May 11 and 12. The festival will also be held at a bigger venue – the F1 Pit Building Garage, home to the iconic night race.
This year’s festival is sponsored by Air Japan – the ANA subsidiary that just launched affordable direct flights to Japan this year, and will feature over 100 sake breweries and labels from all over Japan.
There will be two sessions running each day for a duration of three hours each, from 11am to 2pm, and from 4pm to 7pm. During each session, festival-goers will be treated to free-flow samples of sake and receive a complimentary Sake Matsuri wine glass by the Austrian glassware brand Riedel. The cherry on top is that you’ll also get to purchase bottles of your favourite sake and spirits at exclusive festival prices.
The grand showcase will feature plenty of award-winning names and rare labels, including the premium Junmai Daiginjo which is brewed with highly polished rice to give a light, complex and fragrant flavour; as well as Namazakes or unpasteurised sake. Also look out for rare sake made from traditional methods like Bodaimoto and Kimoto, warm sake, as well as a range of Japanese spirits at the festival.
Tickets are priced at $55 each, but you get to save $5 per ticket if you purchase a bundle of five tickets ($250). Get your tickets here before they are sold out.