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Famed Studio Ghibli Has a Nausicaä Themed Beer

by Max Eddy | 10:20 am, October 14th, 2011

As if the amazing filmography of Studio Ghibli, partly founded by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, wasn’t enough reason to visit the animation studio’s museum, here’s one more: They have their own beer. Named “Kaze no Tani,” the brew’s name references the film and manga series Nausicaä of The Valley of the Wind (Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä) produced by Miyazaki. And it looks delicious.

There’s scant information as to what kind of beer it is, but judging from the imagery on the label, I’m guessing it’s a wheat beer. And such a label! Drawn in the studio’s distinctive style, it features a harvest goddess (possibly Nausicaä herself?) huffing a great wind over Mt. Fuji. Each corner has a piece of heraldry, perhaps making references to early films like My Neighbor Totoro and Castle in the Sky. If you’re hanging around Western Tokyo, be sure to stop in for a brew. It’s always a bit forced to ask readers to leave comments, but if you’ve tried this beer, I want to know how it was.

Another view of the Kaze no Tani label, from C86.

(Instagram via Kotaku)

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  • Raiden Daigo

    The be-goggled bearded fellow is from Porco Rosso. He is the leader of the Mama Aluto Gang.

  • Raiden Daigo

    I meant Aiuto not Aluto.

  • http://www.vodkitchen.com Jon @ vodkitchen

    Actually, I tried it. It was at the studio ghibli museum in Mitaka.  I’m going to write about it on the next post of my blog.  It was good… similar to an american craft brew… not particularly wheaty or belgian, more like a craft ale or lager.  Definitely not very much like the typical Japanese beers like sapporo and kirin.  I’ll have to go through my notes and post in more detail, but overall it was good and definitely worth it to go to the museum regardless of the beer.

  • Ed

    Thats not Porco Rosso. You’re mixing your films up.


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