Culinary Showcase from Handpicked Prefectures on-board ANA (June to August 2016)
Between June and August 2016, ANA is inviting all passengers on a specially curated culinary journey to the Fukui, Yamanashi and Kagoshima prefectures. ANA's in-flight menu as well as the F&B offerings at various airport lounges in Tokyo will be refreshed with the freshest ingredients from these three prefectures.

Culinary Feature from Kagoshima | Photo Credit: ANA
First launched in 2013, this project aims to promote and showcase regional agricultural produce from less-known regions in Japan. Ultimately, it hopes to drive tourism (both domestic and international) as well as to stimulate the local economy. For Q3 of 2016 (June to August), the F&B offerings will come from the Fukui, Yamanashi and Kagoshima prefectures:
At ANA airport lounges in Haneda, Narita and Kansai, ANA customers will also be able to sample Japanese sake, shochu, 'kokushu' or national spirits of Japan. The next Tastes of JAPAN' by ANA will refresh in September 2016 and will follow a common 3-month cycle. Previously featured prefectures include Kumamoto, Hokkaido, Miyagi, Ehime, Miyazaki, Shizuoka, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Ishikawa, Okayama, Oita, Yamagata, Kagawa, Yamaguchi, Fukushima, Osaka, Tottori, Toyama, Nara, Fukuoka, Niigata, Kanagawa, Shiga, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Aomori, Kyoto and Saga.
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