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Thanks to your support, Tochigi Liqueur is celebrating its 8th anniversary today, April 23, 2026. We owe this entirely to your continued interest and patronage. We extend our heartfelt gratitude.   We deeply feel the joy of continuing Tochigi Liqueur's activities, and we will strive to improve our work even further. We look forward to your continued support.   ---   April has flown by as we enjoyed the pure seasonal changes, such as Seimei and Kokuu. We savored seasonal delights like shiro-udo with its subtle bitterness and tender sansho leaf buds.   We hope you all stay healthy and enjoy the season. Thank you always for your support.

I've been decorating with mimosa flowers since March. Today, the 5th, is Keichitsu (Awakening of Insects). I love my wall calendar with a detailed astronomical calendar, and the "Taian Keichitsu" illustration is very cute. Keichitsu signifies the time when hibernating creatures emerge from the ground. It's also used in season words like "hatsura'i" (first thunder) and "shunrai" (spring thunder).   Seasons are the rhythm of celestial bodies, whose full extent we usually don't see. Everything on earth has a rhythm, with awakening from hibernation and budding, and all activities eventually transform into delicious liqueur. The world is liqueur.

Last week, temperatures dropped below freezing, but this week it's warm enough to truly call it spring (above 2 degrees Celsius is warm)! So, I changed the flowers on the top page to magnolias.   Just like decorating a shop entrance with flowers, it feels good to change the flowers on a website.   Caring for each other's well-being, celebrating the seasons, and the fact that life continues to breathe on both hot and cold days. I believe the beauty of seasonal flowers lies in their ability to embody a gentle inner strength.