24 September 2025: Participation of Ambassador Kano in the Kura Master Awards Ceremony

　On September 24, Ambassador Kano attended the Awards Ceremony organized by the Kura Master Association at the Residence of the Ambassador of Japan to France. This ceremony recognized the best shochu, awamori, umeshu, Japanese wine, and sake, as well as the winners of the Alliance Gastronomique Award and the President's Award for sake, shochu, and awamori. In his speech, Ambassador Kano mentioned the inscription last December of “traditional knowledge and skills related to koji-based sake brewing in Japan” on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and expressed his desire to continue the promotion of the charms of Japanese spirits in the world.

Speech by Ambassador Kano (PDF)