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Sake × Challenges × Immigration" Talk ＆ Exchange Event in Northern Kyoto ！ "Fukuchiyama no Hen" spin-off event to expand circle of challenges in Fukuchiyama City

Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, will hold a talk session ＆ exchange event on the theme of "Sake × Challenge × Immigration" on November 2(土) as a spin-off event of "Fukuchiyama no Hen", a series of citizen participation projects to support people who challenge themselves in this town.

Local Sake （ For those who can't drink, why don't you enjoy soft drinks ） and meet people who make the city interesting and expand your circle of challenge and support loosely together ？

Event Outline
"Fukuchiyama no Hen" Spin-off event

"Sake × Challenge × Migration" talk session ＆ Exchange

[Date & Time] November 2, 2024 17:00 ～ 20:00 （ Doors open at 16:40 ）

[Speakers]

Mr. Jun Imagawa （ 11th Toji, Towa Sake Brewery ／ Fukuchiyama no Hen No.6 ）

Mr. Kensuke Shoda(CRAFT BANK brewer)
Mr. Riyo Tanaka(MORI NO KYOTO Distillery Distilling Engineer)

[Contents]

○17:00 ～ 18:30 Talk Session

・ Part 1 ＝ "Fukuchiyama no Hen" 6th change person ・ Mr. Jun Imagawa, the 11th generation master brewer of Towa Sake Brewery, will be on the stage. Under the theme of "I want to deliver sake born in Rokuninbe(六人部)", he will talk about his challenge of moving to Rokuninbe, Fukuchiyama City by U-turn and taking over the family business which was about to close down.

・ Part 2 ＝ We will also be joined by migrants who have recently started making sake in Fukuchiyama City. Kensuke Shoda, a Craft Bank brewer who started making craft beer after moving to Fukuchiyama, and Riyo Tanaka, a distillation engineer at Mori no Kyoto Distillery, who moved to the city to make gin. With "sake" as the keyword, we look at their new challenges and their thoughts on Fukuchiyama.

○18:30 ～ 20:00 Social （ up to 20:30 ）

CRAFT BANK course meal, all you can drink （ craft beer, soft drinks ） and sake tastings from Towa Sake Brewery and Mori no Kyoto Distillery.

[Location] CRAFT BANK 3F Hall (264-5 Minami-Honcho, Fukuchiyama City)

＊ If you come by car, please use a nearby pay parking lot

＊ No elevator in the hall

[Capacity] 20 people （ First-come-first-served basis ）

[Fee] 5,000 yen for social event （ Tax included ） ＊ Food and drink （ Some drinks are unlimited ） ＊ Talk Attendance only for the session is also possible ・ Free

[How to apply] From the application form in Fukuchiyama City HP

https://www.city.fukuchiyama.lg.jp/site/promotion/hen-event .html

Profile
Jun Imagawa [11th generation master brewer of Towa Sake Brewery] U-turn


Jun Imagawa ｜ Born and lives in Fukuchiyama City. He is the 11th generation of Toji (master brewer) of Towa Sake Brewery, the only brewery in the city. He joined the family business, which was on the verge of closure, in 2008, and in 2011, he revived home brewing for the first time in 33 years. In 2006, she became the first female toji to be certified as a Tamba Toji, one of the three major toji in Japan. In March 2024, she will be the sixth person to be featured in Fukuchiyama City's city promotion project, "Fukuchiyama no Hen".

Kensuke Shoda [Craft Bank Brewer / President of CraftBank Inc. ・ CFO] I-Turn


Kensuke Shoda ｜ Born in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture and lives in Fukuchiyama City. Studied architecture and urban planning at Hokkaido University, where he noted that the concentration of unique stores leads to the attractiveness of a town. After graduation, joined an urban planning think tank in Osaka. In 2003, he began living in Fukuchiyama, which he had been in charge of since his graduation, and Sapporo. In Fukuchiyama, he was involved in the establishment of about 40 individual stores. With the experience of supporting the establishment of individual stores, he decided to dive into the world of craft beer, which he had been drinking since he was a university student, in order to manage his own store. After training at Miyazaki Hideji Beer, he founded CraftBank with Daichi Haboshi in 2009 at the former site of a credit union. The beer brand name is Craft Bank. It is an independent brewery where both founders work in the kitchen and as brewers while running the business. Currently, they have moved to Fukuchiyama City by I-turn. Part-time lecturer at Kobe Design University.

Rie Tanaka [Distillation Engineer, Morino Kyoto Distillery] I-turn


Rie Tanaka ｜ Born in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture and lives in Fukuchiyama City. Attracted by the charm of gin, which has its origins in medicinal spirits, she moved from Tokyo to Fukuchiyama City in 2023 to take up employment at a distillery. Mori's Kyoto Distillery will begin full-scale production in 2024 as an "attractive distillery" in a renovated sake brewery built more than 100 years ago. The distillery carefully blends carefully selected botanicals and Japanese and Chinese plants unique to Kyoto and utilizes its own fermentation technology. The distillery is committed to brewing sake that redefines the flavor of the land, which is only possible because of the distillery's close proximity to nature.

Same-day events and seminars
During the day on November 2, "Farmers Tables FUKUCHIYAMA EKIKITA," a food event featuring local delicacies, and "Fukuchiyama no Hen," a citizen-created city promotion Local Promotion Seminar in Fukuchiyama" （ November 1 ・ 2, sponsored by ： ） the Center for Regional Revitalization ！ will also be held Enjoy a full day in Fukuchiyama in autumn.

Food event "Farmers Tables FUKUCHIYAMA EKIKITA"

A large gathering of proud foods by restaurants and producers in Fukuchiyama City and other Tamba areas. The largest number of stalls ever is planned ！

[Date & Time] November 2, 2024 (Sat.) ・ November 3 (Sun.) 11:00 ～ 16:00 ＊ In case of bad weather, the event will be cancelled

[Location] Fukuchiyama Station North Exit Park, Fukuchiyama Station Front Street Shopping Arcade

[Contents] In addition to restaurants, sweets and cafes in Fukuchiyama City, farmers will have booths selling seasonal vegetables and fruits

＊ If you come by car, please use a nearby pay parking lot

Organizer ： Fukuchiyama City https://www.city.fukuchiyama.lg.jp/soshiki/25/farmerstables.html

Event Consignor ： Fukuchiyama Front Corporation https://www.fukuchiyama-front.co.jp/event/

▼ Recommended course for November 2(土)

11:00 ～ 16:00 Fukuchiyama station Enjoy Farmers Tables on the north side

17:00 ～ 20:00 "Fukuchiyama no Hen" spin-off event at Craft Bank

Regional Promotion Seminar in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto
A seminar to learn about "City Promotion through Citizen Co-Creation" with "Fukuchiyama no Hen" as the topic.

[Dates] November 1, 2024 (Friday) ～ November 2(Saturday) ＊ Attendance for 2 consecutive days is required

[Location] Citizen Exchange Plaza Fukuchiyama, CRAFT BANK and others

[Contents] Creators and changemakers of "Fukuchiyama no Hen" （ Lectures by citizens ）, fieldwork, etc.

＊ Capacity available ・ Paid ・ Application required For details, visit the center website https://www. jcrd.jp/event/seminar/2024/0828_3025/

Organized by ： Japan Center for Regional Revitalization

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What is "Fukuchiyama no Hen"
? Fukuchiyama no Hen" is a series of citizen-participatory city promotion projects to support "Henshi-Hito" (people of change) who take on challenges and change the city. The goal is to expand the circle of challenge and the circle of support.


The changemen, creators active in the advertising world, and city hall staff work together to create visuals and introduce the changemen of Fukuchiyama City widely through posters and full-page newspaper ads.

A local warlord who drew attention for his historical drama ・ A challenging spirit for city development inherited from Mitsuhide Akechi ＝ The Mitsuhide Mind" is the theme of the "Mitsuhide Mind Project" Vol. 3, as well as the 85th anniversary commemorative project of the municipal organization. The project will start on June 2, 2022 (440 years after the Honnoji Incident) after publicly soliciting entries from the public. The project will begin on June 2, 2022 (440 years after the Honnoji Incident) with the statement, "The Fukuchiyama Incident Begins. ed and eight change people have been introduced so far. It is also expanding into changemen talk events utilizing the library at night, goods and hometown tax payments.



[Fukuchiyama no Hen HP] https://www.city.fukuchiyama.lg.jp/site/promotion/hen.html