Zaku Naguwashi Japanese Sake

Zaku Naguwashi Japanese Sake
by Yasushi Uemura

• Awarded April 15, 2025
• CLIENT: Shimizu Seizaburo Shoten Ltd.
• 812

This is a premium sake developed specifically for luxury restaurants, aiming to be included on wine lists as one of the options for food pairing. The design challenge was to convey a distinctive sense of Japanese identity. The design draws inspiration from traditional Japanese motifs such as shide, the sacred paper streamers used in shrines to mark the boundaries of the divine, and origata, the ceremonial art of folding paper. These elements successfully convey not only their physical forms but also the deeper spirituality and essence of the Japanese people.