Sake vending machines in the train waiting room help local liquor production

A sake vending machine is installed at the local permanent drinking place 'Chobit' at the Aizu Railway Tamashima Station in Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The vending machine was installed in the prefecture for the first time in April last year and sold four sake breweries from 'Kaishan City Sake FactoryVending machine operators hope that this initiative will bring more appeal to the town. It is reported that this project is part of the 'Tourism Community Development Project in Harmony between Man and Nature' jointly implemented by Aizu Shinkin Bank and Minamiaizu Town, and is realized in cooperation with Aizu Railway. The purpose of opening the waiting room in the station is to promote the use of local sake vending machines, where you can taste sake from four local breweries. Part of the tourism promotion business promoted by Aizu Shinkin Bank in cooperation with the town. Not long ago, even if customers bought liquor from a vending machine, there was no place to drink slowly. Now, the operator has opened a space in a corner of the waiting room, except for the decoration with the logos of four sake breweries , Also arranged a round table, using reusable oil drums on the Aizu Railway, and a square table with sake boxes, creating a nostalgic atmosphere of red lanterns. At the opening ceremony, Nobuaki Aizu, Chairman of the Board of Directors (Nobuaki Aizu) and Station Director Masanori Satake (Masanori Satake) stated, “Sake vending machines have revitalized the local sake sales network and played a good exemplary role in driving regional economic development.” . The above information is shared by vending machine manufacturers. Please mark the reprint