Enjoy Kagoshima's Food and Shochu with Music for Two Days: 'Kagoshima Shochu & Music Festival in Shibuya'

Kagoshima Shochu & Music Festival Executive Committee

Shibuya Dogenzaka Shopping Street Promotion Association / Shibuya-Kagoshima Ohara Festival Executive Committee / Shibuya City Tourism Association / Kagoshima Prefectural Sake Brewers Association

During the event, a talk event on Saturday, May 16th, from 3:30 PM, will feature voice actress Chinatsu Akasaki, a native of Kagoshima Prefecture, who will speak about the charms of Kagoshima.

The venue will host mini-live performances for two days, featuring artists associated with Shibuya and Kagoshima.

You can sample 50 types of Kagoshima shochu from 25 breweries, with three glasses for 500 yen, and enjoy a single glass of your favorite shochu for 500 yen. The event is packed with content, including Kagoshima-style snacks, specialty product sales, shochu bottle sales, and a Furusato Nozei (hometown tax donation) introduction corner.

Event Outline

■ Event Name: 'Kagoshima Shochu & Music Festival in Shibuya'

■ Event Period:

Saturday, May 16, 2026, 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Sunday, May 17, 2026, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

*Talk event on Saturday, May 16, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

■ Venue: Shibuya Prime 5F Grade Park Shibuya, 2-29-5 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

■ Organizers: Kagoshima Shochu & Music Festival Executive Committee

(Shibuya Dogenzaka Shopping Street Promotion Association / Shibuya-Kagoshima Ohara Festival Executive Committee / Shibuya City Tourism Association / Kagoshima Prefectural Sake Brewers Association)

■ Event Contents:

① Music stage featuring artists associated with Shibuya and Kagoshima

② Kagoshima shochu tasting, by-the-glass sales, and bottle sales corner

③ Kagoshima specialty product sales

④ Shibuya City and Kagoshima City Furusato Nozei introduction

■ Official SNS: [X (formerly Twitter)] @shochu_musicfes / [Instagram] kagoshimashochu_music

Talk Event

■ Date and Time: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

■ Venue: Shibuya Prime 5F Grade Park Shibuya

During the talk event, Chinatsu Akasaki, a voice actress from Kagoshima Prefecture, will be welcomed as a guest, and she will discuss the charms of Kagoshima with Kagoshima Mayor Takao Shimozuru.

Chinatsu Akasaki

Shochu & Snack Lineup / Specialty Product Sales Corner / Furusato Nozei Introduction Corner

Kagoshima Prefecture, known as the 'Kingdom of Shochu,' has 110 breweries. This year, 25 breweries (50 brands) will participate, offering their proud masterpieces. We offer a tasting corner where you can find your favorite bottle, by-the-glass sales where you can enjoy your favorite shochu with soda, water, or on the rocks, and a bottle sales corner. Please try comparing different shochu while listening to the stories from the brewers.

[Participating Breweries / Brands] 500 yen per glass (bottle sales corner also available)

・Honbo Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Arawaza Sakurajima", "Fukkokku Tezukuri Ohara"

・Satsuma Musou Co., Ltd. / "Karasutengu Shuwa Shuwa", "Otome Zakura"

・Sanwa Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Sanwatsuru (White)", "Brava! Amarone Barrel Aged Umeshu"

・Izumi Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Izumi ni Maihime", "Akatsuru"

・Iwakawa Jozo Co., Ltd. / "Oyattosaa", "HAZUMI"

・Oishi Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Ichiyu Ichiyo (Ro)", "Hi-Five"

・Oguchi Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Isa Komachi", "Isanishiki Bloom"

・Ogatama Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Tekkan", "Tetsuma"

・Komasa Jozo Co., Ltd. / "Kozuru the Banana", "Kozuru the Muscat"

・Satsuma Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Saikyo", "Makurazaki"

・Sata Soji Shoten Co., Ltd. / "Katana Kanemitsu", "Kaimondake"

・Shirogane Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Yamato Biyori", "Shirogane Kousui"

・Daika Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Apple Lance", "Sabou Daikaan"

・Tasaki Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "ICHIYON", "Sumibiyaki Imo Shochu Onibi"

・Den-en Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "ENVELHECIDA", "SUN SUN HOP"

・Nishi Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Hozan Mojito", "Hozan Roasted Coffee"

・Hamada Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "DAIYAME", "Kaidou Yakiimo"

・Mansei Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Mugitou", "Kuradayama"

・Yamamoto Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "BEYOND GODAI", "Satsuma Godai Oyu ga Saki"

・Wakashio Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "GLOW EP05", "Haneru Ichinichi"

・Amami Oshima Nishikawa Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Zawawa World Natural Heritage Commemorative Label", "Aja"

・Amami Shurui Co., Ltd. / "Kuro Amami", "Black Amami"

・Kikaijima Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Kikaijima", "Shimanagi"

・Machida Shuzo Co., Ltd. / "Kuro no Akebono Kuro Koji Shikomi", "Choki Chozo Amami no Mori"

・Yayoi Shochu Brewery / "Mankoi", "Yayoi Tarama Island"

[Snacks]

・Satsuma-age (fried fish cake) ・Kagoshima Black Wagyu Shigureni (simmered beef) ・Kagoshima Black Wagyu Nikumiso Piman (minced meat bell pepper)

・Kurobuta Chashu (black pork chashu) ・Katsuo no Tataki (seared bonito) ・Assorted pickles

[Specialty Product Sales Corner]

Kagoshima City boasts many representative specialty products, including Kurobuta (black pork), Kurogyu (black beef), amberjack, yellowtail, Sakurajima Komikan (small mandarin oranges), and Sakurajima Daikon (radish).

These specialty products are abundantly used.