Hyogo Brands Attractiveness Survey Questionnaire : Tsubosaka Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

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* 1. Please select the responses that best describe your desire to buy Japanese sake.

I would like to buy it if it is sold in my country or region

I would like to buy it directly from Japan by placing an order on a cross-border E-commerce site

I would like to buy it if I have an opportunity to travel to Japan (I'd like to drink it)

I do not want to buy Japanese sake

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* 2. Please choose what difficulties you face when purchasing sake.

I don't know how to choose sake (I don't know the differences between brands or different types of tastes)

There is no place to buy it (It is not sold nearby)

Laws such as import restrictions or laws against prohibited goods

Worries about overseas shipping (Overseas shipping is expensive, sake may break easily in transit, etc.)

I'm not sure how to best enjoy sake (I don't know what food pairs well with sake, or about heated sake, chilled sake, etc.)

There are no difficulties

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* 3. Please select what you feel is the greatest difficulty with purchasing sake.

I don't know how to choose sake (I don't know the differences between brands or different types of tastes)

There is no place to buy it (It is not sold nearby)

Laws such as import restrictions or laws against prohibited goods

Worries about overseas shipping (Overseas shipping is expensive, sake may break easily in transit, etc.)

I'm not sure how to best enjoy sake (I don't know what food pairs well with sake, or about heated sake, chilled sake, etc.)

There are no difficulties

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* 4. How much would you be willing to spend when you buy sake?

Less than 3,000 yen

From 3,001 yen to 5,000 yen

5,001 yen or more

Price is not an issue (If the product is good enough, it is alright if it is expensive)

I do not want to buy Japanese sake

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* 5. On a scale of 1 to 10, how appealing do you find the following characteristics?

The Tsubosaka Sake Brewery is a historic sake brewery with more than 210 years in operation and has been designated as an Important Urban Landscape Building.

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* 6. On a scale of 1 to 10, how appealing do you find the following characteristics?

The brewery is particular about making smooth-tasting sake through "natural fermentation" in which the natural climate is utilized to draw out the sake at the optimal timing simply by opening and closing the door of the sake brewery.

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* 7. On a scale of 1 to 10, how appealing do you find the following characteristics?

Tsubosaka Sake Brewery treasures the concept of the yearly vintage and soil effects upon the sake expressed in the wine term terroir, and incorporates it in their brewing.

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* 8. On a scale of 1 to 10, how appealing do you find the following characteristics?

The brewery follows the policy handed down from previous generations: "Local sake is made by local people using local rice in the local climate", and relishes the pleasure of comparing the different flavor characteristics each year according to that year's climate.

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* 9. On a scale of 1 to 10, how appealing do you find the following characteristics?

Tsubosaka Sake Brewery's flagship brand, Seppikosan, is known affectionately as Piko in France.

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* 10. On a scale of 1 to 10, how appealing do you find the following characteristics?

Tsubosaka Sake Brewery has many different products with their own distinctive taste and character, and there are more than 20 types of product under the Seppikosan brand alone.

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* 11. On a scale of 1 to 10, how appealing do you find the following characteristics?

It has also won awards in many overseas contests, including the Sake category of the IWC (International Wine Challenge) and the French sake contest "Kura Master".

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* 12. On a scale of 1 to 10, how appealing do you find the following characteristics?

It has won a gold medal for two consecutive years in a contest that judges both the elegant aroma before drinking and the fullness of the flavor after drinking.

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* 13. Please choose which of the following characteristics you find most appealing.

A historic sake brewery with more than 210 years in operation that has been designated as an Important Urban Landscape Building.

The brewery is particular about making smooth-tasting sake through "natural fermentation" in which the natural climate is utilized to draw out the sake at the optimal timing simply by opening and closing the door of the sake brewery.

Tsubosaka Sake Brewery treasures the concept of the yearly vintage and soil effects upon the sake expressed in the wine term terroir, and incorporates it in their brewing.

The brewery follows the policy "Local sake is made by local people using local rice in the local climate", and relishes the pleasure of comparing the different flavor characteristics each year according to that year's climate.

Tsubosaka Sake Brewery's flagship brand, Seppikosan, is known affectionately as Piko in France.

Tsubosaka Sake Brewery has many different products with their own distinctive taste and character, and there are more than 20 types of product under the Seppikosan brand alone.

It has won awards in many overseas contests, such as the IWC "Kura Master".

It has won a gold medal for two consecutive years in a contest that judges both the elegant aroma before drinking and the fullness of the flavor after drinking.

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* 14. The sake of Tsubosaka Sake Brewery feature distinctive characteristics for each label. What kind of sake would you be interested in trying?

Sake that goes well with food

Sake with an enjoyable fragrance

Sake for enjoying the intrinsic flavor of sake by itself

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* 15. Please feel free to describe your imrpessions of the Tsubosaka Sake Brewery after reading the article.

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* 16. The product "Sake set including one 300ml bottle of sake,two sake cups,and one nihei bag" will be awarded by lottery. Please list the email address you registered with Buyee so that you may be contacted in the event of winning a gift.