Taichi, Congratulations!

Jun. 25

I took two-day business trip to Hokkaido.

The airplane got big turbulence just before the landing.

The plane surprisingly swung a lot.

It was the worst flight in my life.

 

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Fortunately, we arrived at Shin-Chitose Airport with the second trial for landing.

 

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After arrived at Hokkaido, I went to Wine Shop Fujii and participated in the free wine tasting event, which id held on every Saturday afternoon since 30 years ago.

 

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Today’s theme is new world fine wines.

 

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I was surprised at seeing a lot of expensive wines served to many costumers.

 

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I was happy to find La Croix Gratiot at the cellar, my favorite Languedoc wine I imported.

 

 

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Then I went to The Grand Hotel Sapporo and attended to a wedding ceremony for Mr. Taichi Yamazaki, who is the second generation of Yamazaki Winery, one of the best wineries in Japan.

 

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What a beautiful bride and groom they are!

 

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We enjoyed wonderful cuisines marriage with Yamazaki Wine.

 

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I took a memorial photo with wine professionals in Hokkaido.

 

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It was a fabulous ceremony, very impressive memorial event.

 

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I was really moved a lot.

 

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Thank you very much for the invitation today.

My best wishes for future happiness together.

It was a beautiful wedding!

 

 

 

After the ceremony, I went to some authentic bar and tasted Romano Levi.

 

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Then I moved to some wine bar and tasted Kurisawa Traminer.

 

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Well, I tasted amazingly outstanding fine wines and grappa today.