Ten sake brewers received a warm reception recently when they traveled to Germany to perform traditional brewing songs in their first overseas tour.
Wearing "happi" coats and split-toed straw sandals, the brewers from Koshiji, Niigata Prefecture, sang songs dating to the Edo Period (1603-1868).
The singers are members of a group dedicated to keeping alive traditional sake brewing songs.
They made their initial appearance July 15 in a university hall in the central city of Bamberg. They performed in Erlangen on July 16 and Cologne on July 19.