Birth of a Sake Engraved with the Future Era '2126'. 30% Reduction in CO2 Emissions. A Glass to Protect Toasts 100 Years from Now, Challenging with the World-Renowned Sake 'ZAKU'
Sakura Saketen and Shimizu Seizaburo Shoten have announced a sustainable sake project 'SAKE for 2126', looking 100 years into the future. Crowdfunding on Makuake starts April 8, 2026.
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Sakura Saketen Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture; Representative Directors: Yuichi Kondo, Ken Komazawa), a liquor store specializing in sake, in co-creation with Shimizu Seizaburo Shoten, the brewer of the famous sake "ZAKU" which won 1st place in the World Sake Brewery Ranking 2019, will launch "SAKE for 2126", a sake project looking ahead 100 years into the future, on the support purchase service Makuake starting April 8, 2026.
This is not just an environmentally friendly product.
Born from the question, "Can we leave a future where we can toast with sake 100 years from now?", it is a "glass of promise to the future" that balances "deliciousness" and "sustainability".
## Project Overview
Project name: SAKE for 2126
Product name: ZAKU for 2126 Junmai Daiginjo
Makuake project page: https://www.makuake.com/project/sakefor21xx_zaku
Project start date and time: April 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
Features: Approx. 30% reduction in CO2 emissions, low-alcohol Junmai Daiginjo, adopts a future era name label
## Why "Sake of the Future" Now?
The main ingredients of sake are rice and water. Severe heat and extreme weather in recent years have begun to significantly impact rice farming and water resources. At this rate, the sake culture itself may not be sustainable.
However, as liquor stores, we cannot brew sake.
That is precisely why we asked the question, "What kind of sake do we want to leave for the future?" and challenged ourselves to give it shape together with the brewery.
Responding to that thought...
This is not just an environmentally friendly product.
Born from the question, "Can we leave a future where we can toast with sake 100 years from now?", it is a "glass of promise to the future" that balances "deliciousness" and "sustainability".
## Project Overview
Project name: SAKE for 2126
Product name: ZAKU for 2126 Junmai Daiginjo
Makuake project page: https://www.makuake.com/project/sakefor21xx_zaku
Project start date and time: April 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
Features: Approx. 30% reduction in CO2 emissions, low-alcohol Junmai Daiginjo, adopts a future era name label
## Why "Sake of the Future" Now?
The main ingredients of sake are rice and water. Severe heat and extreme weather in recent years have begun to significantly impact rice farming and water resources. At this rate, the sake culture itself may not be sustainable.
However, as liquor stores, we cannot brew sake.
That is precisely why we asked the question, "What kind of sake do we want to leave for the future?" and challenged ourselves to give it shape together with the brewery.
Responding to that thought...