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Fuyu Fest 2026

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A winter sake & culture festival for the Pacific Northwest! 🍶❄️ Sunday, February 22nd, 2026 ☃️
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Fuyu Fest 2026: less than 2 weeks to go and we're about 80% sold out! Our labor of love, community gathering, a showcase of our favorite sake in recent memory, visiting guests from Japan, exploration, vibes and tasty snacks-- that's what Fuyu Fest is all about. Simply can't make it? Or want to dive deeper? Take a look at our before + after events in PDX & SEA on the last slide! 🎉 📆 Sunday, February 22, 1-5PM 📍The Redd on Salmon 🎟️ Tickets at fuyufest.org taken in Redd on Salmon Street by @fuyufest
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Fuyu Fest 2026 tickets are LIVE! 📆 Sunday, February 22, 2026 from 1-5PM 📍The Redd on Salmon Fuyu Fest 2026 will include: ❄ Sake tasting: over 100 styles all curated & hand-selected by Fuyu host @sunflowersake ~ ❄ @okan.lover : hot sake exploration ❄ @lib.rom : Fukuoka craft sake ❄ @squidboy007 : leading 4 acts of music+sake pairing exploration with improvisational musicians from across the west coast ❄ @sakeassociation veteran brewer @kitanosake introducing American craft sake & talking sake brewing in the US ❄ @knp_meguru & @kobeclubpdx with a fantastic series of hand-carried gems ❄ local food & coffee vendors, amazake & miso makers, artists & wonderful people - TBA ⛄⛄⛄ ❄ @reggiesmangashop activities & many sake merch gifties ❄ 20% donated to @ikoinokai OF COURSE! + appurtenant events on Friday, Saturday, & Monday in Seattle 😘 ❄ 2026 poster hero art features an original neon piece commissioned from Portland artist @the_tiny_spoon (slide 2) in honor of the musical theme we're exploring at this year's Fuyu Fest 🎶 ❄ 2026 Commemorative Sakazuki features two different styles of glass shuki from Portland artist @maria_made_a_thing : fabulous vivid, poppy colors perfectly paired to the vivid flavors & moods of sake + music. Tickets: Early Bird is still active! Tickets are available at Sunflowersake.com, in bio & at fuyufest.org . Early Bird = $10 off all ticket types 🗣 26 tickets remain before general admission pricing takes effect. Early Bird ends January 1st. (Want to hear about important news sooner? Sign up for our mailing list!) Ok- that's all for now. Time to get back to planning!! taken in The Redd by @fuyufest
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Fuyu Fest 2026 bestsellers ❤️ Wow, I did not see this coming! Not in the current economic climate, and not based on previous years' stats either. 1. More expensive bottles than ever before. Yes, because the prices themselves are going up, but there was a stronger trend toward small bottles and less expensive sake the last 2 years. 2. More junmai daiginjo, and doburoku, baby! No matter the style sweeties are always successful, but we saw disproportionate interest in Heiwa Lemon, Ichinokura Yuzushu, and Daisekkei Strawberry Nigori. All 3 doburoku sold well (>1cs) but Nova and Pink took the cake. 3. Less interest in funky stuff! Or maybe we didn't serve enough funky stuff? 4. Sparkling still going strong, although not as much as previous years. Akagisan sparkling made its way into your hearts, though :) The average bottle price here was $41, but if we account for the small sizes, it was closer to $46 for a 720ml. Never fails to surprise me how different Fuyu Fest best sellers look compared to our usual shop statistics. The environment of the large festival really does emphasize sweeter, more flavorful brews, while "quiet" sake benefits more from the relaxed environment of Sunflower Sake. Fascinating, yall :) Cheers! 📊 taken in Sunflower Sake by @fuyufest
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【okan lover物語2026】 〜ポートランド編〜 日本の天然資源「温度」を伝えに今年もokan loverの活動でポートランドの冬フェスに！冬フェスは今年で3年連続の参加となります 冬フェスを主催するニーナが熱燗に対しての理解があり、僕等を毎年よんでくれる事に感謝🤝 冬フェスは凄い人気で3年前が200人、昨年400人、今年は500人とイベント拡大が凄いw 今年は新しい取組みで福島県浜通りにある酒蔵3蔵 鈴木酒造、haccoba、ぷくぷく醸造を熱燗で伝えにも来ました ［なぜ？ポートランドなのか？］ 昔からポートランドでは有名な言葉で Keep Portland Weird （ポートランドを変なままでいよう）= 「個性的な人・変態的なクリエイター・普通じゃない人が自由に生きられる街でいよう」 ポートランドという町が新しいカルチャー（天然資源）を受け入れてくれやすく共感者として共に伝えてくれる仲間が沢山いる クリエイティブなカルチャーが根付いているからだ ポートランドから世界へコーヒーやクラフトビールのように熱燗カルチャーを伝わって行くのが面白いし、未来を創造するのが楽しみ ［熱燗の世界線はどう伝えて行くか？］ okan loverはまだまだ小規模の活動で、とても小さなチーム達ですが僕等が大事にしているのは量的拡大ではなく、質的深まりにこそ活動の価値が生まれてくるかと思ってます。 成長よりも共鳴 所有よりも循環 支配よりも共感 このバイブスがポートランドも福島もビンビン感じてますw 「創造」は「まだ存在していない未来」を心に想像を描く能力で「決断」は「それを必ず成し遂げる」為の行き先を決める意志で「行動」は成し遂げるまでの距離の燃料だ。 だからこそ誰と「行動」を共にするかがとても重要でokan loverを一緒に活動してくれている康平さん 、ニーナ、デニスやサポートしてくださいましたメンバーや今回のイベントに合わせてカッコいいTシャツ作ってくれた土屋さん、活動を理解してくれている妻や家族に感謝🤝 僕等のokan loverの活動は全て実費で現地でのポップアップや応援グッズなどで活動費を捻出しておりました。もちろん行動に移す中で経費も掛かります。切実な話で儲かる訳では無く、開拓し新たな熱燗カルチャーが根付くための自己投資100%でしたが、 昨年の冬フェスからご協賛してくださっているエヌエヌ生命様や協力してくださいました東の食の会様のご支援により活動しやすくなりました。 心から感謝申し上げます。 サポートしたいしても良いよ！って方はDMお待ちしてますw 僕等の活動を通しては熱燗やリアルな福島を引き続き世界へ伝えて行きます。 #okan lover#ポートランド#熱燗#天然資源#エヌエヌ生命 by @fuyufest
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We had so much fun at @sunflowersake FUYU FEST this year - celebrating sake, flavor and culture 🍶🌟 and a special set by @patriciawolf_music accompanied by a sake pairing. #portlandartandculture #sake #sakefestival #fuyufest japaneseculture taken in Portland, Oregon by @fuyufest
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Get your tickets for @fuyufest this Sunday! I’ll be there with some fresh pots 🍶 @sunflowersake Fuyu Fest is a Portland, Oregon sake festival, now in its fourth year, combining an exploratory, educational tasting of just over 100 curated sakes—featuring smaller producers, exceptional finds, story-driven bottles, and house favorites. Local food, coffee, and specialty vendors will be available from 1 p.m. (great for arriving early), followed by guided tasting with sake professionals and makers/importers from 2–5 p.m. This year, the festival spotlights music and sake through live improvisational performances inspired by special bottles. 20% of ticket sales is donated to Ikoi no Kai, a SE Portland senior lunch and community program. 📆 Sunday, February 22, 1-5PM 📍The Redd on Salmon 🎟️ Tickets at fuyufest.org taken in Redd on Salmon Street by @fuyufest
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This is the story of our custom doburoku, a thick, old-school farmer’s style sake, made by @novabrewingco in Los Angeles. Honestly--this story goes back to June 2021 when I first visited Nova because I’d tried a bottle of theirs and thought it was great. James tasted me on some exciting things at that time but in 2022, I returned and on that visit tried his doburoku from the tap....which REALLY stuck with me. I've been a dobu head ever since. In June I finally decided to take the dive and hit up Nova for a custom doburoku timed to land at Fuyu Fest. He offered to customize, and my first thought was to use Luna koshihikari farmed organically in the Sacramento valley (90% polish)-- basically eating rice, not sake rice. Fast forward to November, I finally had time to work on the label. I was inspired by Daijiro’s As Time Goes By, which communicates the vibe of the sake through its label art. I felt like the vibe of this brew was going to be relaxed, sunny, fluffy in the way doburoku always is, and I wanted to also acknowledge the diverse origins of rice in the USA. Many iterations followed...I really didn’t have the skill to pull off my original vision so I had to simplify. I went with a charming, relaxed scene of a woman enjoying nova dobu in the LA sun, with a fluffy dog that looks like steamed rice, incorporating both the Nova logo and hanko. A label that tells you the sake inside tastes like LA sunshine. By mid-Dec, the fresh rice had dried and was delivered to the brewery. On NYE James set to work and built the mash. After a low and slow fermentation over January it was bottled, capped and single pasteurized on January 26th. The pallet was picked up Tuesday— shoutout to @fifth_taste for handling the transport— and it landed in Portland on friday the 30th, which was a shitty day in the US so I only took 1 photo 😓 But I was sooo happy to finally see it, finally taste it, James did an phenomenal job bringing out the tropical sweetness of the rice. It tastes like kiwi, mango, pineapple, fruit salad on a beach. I really hope you love it. Club members will all be getting a bottle, and of course... you can taste it at Fuyu Fest on Sunday Feb 22nd too <3 by @fuyufest
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One more since I'm so past due ❤️ Here's what's happening this week (and next!) [Official Sunflower/Okan Lover events] Saturday 1-2:30PM: American Sake Discussion, Class & Tasting, register in bio Saturday 4:30-8PM: Okan Lover pre-party in the Sunflower building loading dock + shop menu/possibly special snacks from Jo if he's inspired + live music @sebs_washed @squidboy007 not ticketed/casual - drop in, have snacks, lil dinner or just a drink Sunday 1-5PM: Fuyu fest obvi Monday 4-8PM: @ancestro.pdx + Okan Lover popup dinner at Commensal - drop in, a'la carte pairings, not ticketed Tuesday 5:30 + 7:30: Okan Lover seated class with snacks from @hannyatousea - ticketed [Fuyuzake Week] @obonpdx : pickle bowl + kinoko sake pairing @malpractice.pdx : hokkaido scallop toast + sake cocktail pairing @toyaramenpdx : kanpachi crudo + shiboritate pairing, sake cocktail, fuyuzake flight @zillasakepdx : crispy spanish octopus + sake pairing @momoyamaportland : chirashi bowl + sake pairing [PDX tastings/sake events] Thursday: industry/buyers-only sake class with @zev_rovine - send inquiry to your sales rep @juliansinclair_wine , rsvp only Friday: @zev_rovine sake tasting at @erwineshop 5:30-7, drop-in, free Saturday: @sakedesupdx live R&B + sake flights 7-9, drop-in #fuyusakeweek ⛄ taken in Portland Oregon by @fuyufest
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🖌️ Fuyu Fest feature: Team Fukuoka- Water Calligraphy with Fuku Nakamura Fuku Nakamura ( @fuku.shodo ) was born in Fukuoka prefecture, the northernmost region of the southern island of Kyushu, in 2000. She took up shodo, Japanese calligraphy, at the early age of three. Nakamura-san was raised by a family of Hakata doll craftspeople, so the traditional arts have always been an integral part of her upbringing and visual identity. As an adult, Nakamura-san has carved out a space for herself in the future-facing side of the shodo world. While her work utilizes traditional Japanese materials such as mica and gofun, the applications of her work are as wide ranging as designing original fashion pieces featuring her calligraphy, logo design for Shuwan ceramics, and label designs for some of Japan's most contemporary sake labels. At Fuyu Fest, visit the Team Fukuoka cluster in the sake tasting hall to practice water shodo (no ink, just water!) with Nakamura-san and you learn the story and inspiration behind the labels she designed for Librom Craft Sake and Ryokan Ohana’s Hakushaku Ale. Of course-- Librom and Ryokan Ohana are part of the team too, and they'll tell you all about the sake & mikan ale while you taste it as well :) Tickets are on sale at fuyufest.org. Fuyu Fest 2026 The Redd on Salmon 1-5 PM 21+ only~ taken in Redd on Salmon Street by @fuyufest
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#fuyufest sake cups! It's next Sunday, Feb 22! ABOUT: Fuyu Fest is a Portland, Oregon sake festival, now in its fourth year, combining an exploratory, educational tasting of just over 100 curated sakes—featuring smaller producers, exceptional finds, story-driven bottles, and house favorites. Local food, coffee, and specialty vendors will be available from 1 p.m. (great for arriving early), followed by guided tasting with sake professionals and makers/importers from 2–5 p.m. This year, the festival spotlights music and sake through live improvisational performances inspired by special bottles.  20% of ticket sales is donated to Ikoi no Kai, a SE Portland senior lunch and community program. GET YOUR TICKETS AT FUYUFEST.ORG #glass #handmadeglass #portlandglass #glassblowing taken in Redd on Salmon Street by @fuyufest
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