Mika Yokota promoted the prefecture’s oysters and sake at an event in London on Tuesday, expressing her desire to boost exports to Britain and deepen friendship and business relations between the two through the culture of food. Yokota, who took office last November, made her first overseas sales promotion trip for the prefecture’s products. About 20 people, including officials of British food importers and influencers, attended the event held at a Japanese restaurant.
Guests savored cuisine including a cold dish featuring fresh oysters in the shell harvested in Mitsu Bay in Hiroshima and shipped frozen from the prefecture. Seven sake products from four breweries were served with the dishes, including nigori, or cloudy sake, from Kamoizumi Shuzo in the city of Higashihiroshima and junmai sake made only from rice, water and kōji mold, then brewed 38 years ago by Hanayoisyuzo in the city of Shobara. Influencer Aiste Miseviciute praised the pairing, saying sake and the umami of oysters blended well.
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