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The second core event following by the International Olive Oil Competition, the most destinctive feature of OLIVE JAPAN® is its International Marche event in July. Award Winners booth stands and various stage show will be presented to over 180,000 participants. Truely, “OLIVE business meets Consumers ! ” This is because, OLIVE JAPAN® is organized by the Olive Oil Sommelier Association of JAPAN (OSAJ), an independent 3rd party neutral body for concentrating consumer education of olive oil. Simply enjoy 2 days on July 7th and 9th in Tokyo, Futako Tamagawa shopping zone with OLIVE JAPAN® International Olive Marche !            

The Olive Oil Sommelier Association of Japan will publish its annual official book of OLIVE JAPAN® 2016-2017 on June 29th, 2017. This is the second annual book of OLIVE JAPAN®, and especillay featured olive oil cooking with meat cuisine. It is the yearbook of OLIVE JAPAN® International Olive Oil Competition, therefore the important part of the book is, the winners list, but not only for this, this book most concentrates in the cooking recipe promotion towards consumers. How olive oil cooking is so easy and delicuous ?This is the key agenda of the book and, Cooking with award winning excellent extra virgin olive oil !This is really marvellous. Enjoy 32 …

OLIVE JAPAN® appointed Ms. Yuka Itaya, a famous actress and news caster, as an official OLIVE AMBASSADOR of OLIVE JAPAN®2017. Biography Itaya graduated from Kyushu International University Comes High School and Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Junior College. She worked as an exclusive model for PeeWee in 1994. In 1995, Itaya joined with Hanamaru Hakata (As Hakata Tsuruya at the time) and Otako Pū as South End×Yuka (stylized as SOUTH END×YUKA) and released the single “So.ta.i”. Co-starring with Kentarō Ōtani, she acting debut in the film avec mon mari, in which she won the Best New Talent award at the Yokohama Film Festival. After appearing in Perfect Love!, Itaya appeared in many …

OLIVE JAPAN ® held the technical concours of the sensory analysis by OLIVE OIL SOMMELIER® since 2014. This is the third edition and we are pleased to announce the Concours Finalist as follows.     First Prize:    Mr. Hideo Nishiyama, Olive Oil Sommelier ® Second Prize：　Mr. Takayuki Ishii, Olive Oil Sommelier ® Third Prize:  Ms. Norico Sasaki, Master Olive Oil Sommelier ® Congratulations for those winners. There will be held Award Ceremony at the OLIVE JAPAN Marche event on July 9th, 2016.  

OLIVE JAPAN 2016 had Total 600 Entries from 21 countries around the world. After 3 days serious and enjoyable judge sessions, we have decided to awards, 11 PREMIER MEDALS to super excellent wonderful olive oil, 213 GOLD MEDALS to splendid excellent olive oil, and 196 SILVER MEDALS to beautiful made olive oil.   The MEDALS by countries shown below table.             Detail WINNERS LIST, you can download EXCEL Files from here: PREMIER WINNERS LIST:  　OLIVE JAPAN 2016 PREMIER Winners ENG 20160426P GOLD WINNERS LIST:         OLIVE JAPAN 2016 GOLD Winners ENG 20160430P SILVER WINNERS LIST:       OLIVE JAPAN 2016 SILVER Winners ENG …

It had been just 1 week passed after OLIVE JAPAN 2015 International Olive Marche Trade Show and International Olive Oil Competition. We are now issuing all the diploma and preparing for sending email of judge’s comments for entrants. The Competition results had already uploaded on this website, their final version is now available in both PDF and EXCEL format.  The entrants website addresses are also appeared on the EXCEL version. We had total 441 entries from 22 countries; Argentine, Australia, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, New Zealand, Palestine, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay. OLIVE JAPAN presented, 12 PREMIER …

“OLIVE JAPAN” is the largest Olive and Olive Oil Trade Show focused on Consumers contact by Producers and Importers. To exhibit the Marche event, it should bring the great opportunity to promote your products and services towards the most sensitive and active consumers in Japan. Now OLIVE JAPAN Marche exhibitors’ registration started ! Here is your gateway to Japanese market open for you. If you are interested in, please click here to visit our web page for exhibitors’ registration. i.e. Zone A and Zone C were already sold out, and Zone B is still available.    

OLIVE JAPAN 2014 Official Website updated ! The winners list with producers’ web URL link is now available. OLIVE JAPAN 2014 Activity Summary Report is also uploaded.   Direct URL Link： All the Winners List OLIVE JAPAN 2014 Activity Summary Report We are now preparing to revise the website for OLIVE JAPAN 2015 edition. Official Website of OLIVE JAPAN 2015 will be available in mid of November 2014. The registration for the OLIVE JAPAN 2015 International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition will start in late December and Marche exhibitors application will be accepted in late December, too.  

The Olive Oil Sommelier Association of JAPAN (OSAJ) pleased to annouce OLIVE JAPAN 2015 Schecule determined as follows; “OLIVE JAPAN” is the nation’s largest olive and olive oil Competition and Trade Show. OLIVE JAPAN 2014 had total 180,000 people attending and 400 competition entries. OLIVE JAPAN 2015 International Olive Marche; April 18 (Sat) –  April 19 (Sun), 2015 OLIVE JAPAN 2015 International Olive Oil Competition; April 14 – 16 OLIVE JAPAN 2015 International Olive Symposium & Seminar; April 17, 2015 OLIVE JAPAN 2015 International Olive Oil Sommelier Concurs; April 14 – 15 For more detail, the updated information will be available at; OLIVE JAPAN website;  http://OliveJapan.com/en/ OLIVE JAPAN 2014 Facebook …

The expanding market and interests by many people drives media people so much. OSAJ often introduced media nation wide and local media, including papers, magazines and TVs. Recently, the Japan Times introduced OSAJ’s olive oil class as below. The Japan Times (August 5th, 2013) Web link:  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/05/business/olive-oil-seen-enjoying-second-boom-in-japan/#.UgDrlhakIfN PDF version;  Japan Times Aug 5 2013