And, you must think what this illuminations event has to do with sake? Actually, one of my drinking friends is a key person in food service of this event. They have set up food stands named "Jewel Hot Dining" on the park premises under his instructions. However, he is not an ordinary manager, but he is a kikisake-shi (sake sommelier) and a great sake drinker. So, naturally he demanded the restaurant serve his selection of sake bottles and other favorite alcohol beverages as well as foods to be paired with these drinks. The Jewel Hot Dining consists of five food stands, and one of them is, thus, providing alcohol beverages and foods. There, you can enjoy wonderful electric illumination with nice sake, beer, whisky, and other beverages.
The menu includes the following sake names:
Sake:
Dassai (獺祭)
Houken (宝剣)
Oroku Kei (王祿の渓)
Okunokami (屋守)
Kamoshibito Kuheiji (醸し人九平次)
Jikon (而今)
Ugo-no-Tsuki (雨後の月)
etc.
Warm Sake:
Daishichi Junmai Kimoto (大七純米生酛)
etc.
Other alcohol beverages on the menu include local draft beers, wines, cocktails, whiskies, shochu, awamori.
You know, this is not an izakaya restaurant specialized in sake, but a mere food stand temporarily set up in the park!
Besides, the sake sommelier did not fail to give consideration to one thing especially important for drinkers. He demanded there should be public lavatories close to the food stands, and actually temporary facilities have been set up for these food stands. So, we drinkers can continue drinking at ease.
I asked a waitress at the food stand whether she likes sake, and she said she had not been drinking sake before, and have not known sake was so nice. I am pleased if young people like her become more familiar with sake and understand the virtue of sake.
Access:
Get off the train at Keio Yomiuriland Mae on Keio Sagamihara Line.
Take Sky Shuttle Gondola to the main gate.
Jewllumination & Jewel Hot Dining Operating Period:
November 11, 2011 to March 11, 2012
(For operation days, check the calendar:
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