Committee Members
Making Sake A Global Culture
Haruo MATSUZAKI
Chairman
President: SAKE Marketing House Co., Ltd.
Chairman: Japan Sake Export Association
Sake Journalist
Judge of international sake competitions (The U.S. National Sake Appraisal, ISC, etc.)
Writer (Sake Guidebook, the SAKE BOOK, etc.
Koji UENOYAMA
Founder
President: Glue Japan LLC
Sake Tourism Specialist
Sake School Osaka / Hana Sake Bar
Former project leader of a sake brewery(Daimon)
Member of Japanese Gov. Project “Walk in US, Talk on Japan”
Contributor for Osaka-Kansai EXPO Campaign as int’l sake expert
On Break
Akiko SHIBATA
executive member
President: Tokyo Sake-Ten
Founder: Medetashi -sake restaurant & shop-
Born in Asamai, Yokote city, Akita. Hitotsubashi University graduate, Built career in American consulting corporation, American advertising agency, securities company and global banking group. In December 2013, launched Tokyo Sake-ten.
Also, joined Myokoshuzo sake brewing company in Niigata, as a senior management of business development.