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Gin has potential.
Takano: To begin with, I would like to ask you to define gin.
Celeina: What is gin made from?
Fukami: Gin is a liquor called distilled spirit. It is made from a high alcohol called neutral spirits, and flavored with a spice called juniper berry, which is called gin.
Celeina: I see. Gin has a distinctive flavor, doesn’t it?
Takano: What kind of gin would be the odd one out among the gins you have made, Mr. Fukami?
Fukami: The gin I made was made in Yokohama, so I made a gin using Yokohama citrus called Shonan Gold and a cacao gin using cacao from a chocolate shop in Kamakura called Maison Cacao. We use it to add aroma.
Takano: Gin has a lot of potential.
Fukami: That’s right. So, more and more places are making gin because it is easy to add individuality to it.
Takano : That’s interesting. As a way to communicate something, zines are like a kind of media.
Celeina： This is the “NUMBER EIGHT GIN” that you just introduced to us.
Takano: The packaging is very stylish.
Celeina： The bottle is very stylish and long and thin.
Takano : I would like to display it in my room.
Celeina: Why did you choose the number 8?
Fukami: The distillery is located in a commercial facility called Yokohama Hammerhead in Minatomirai. The distillery is located on top of piers No. 8 and No. 9 in Yokohama New Port, so we got the name from the No. 8 pier.
Celeina：I would love to hear more, but let’s interrupt for a song. I asked Fukamizu-san to choose a song that we would all like to listen to together on the radio at this time. What song would you like to hear?
Fukami: “City Lights” by Fantastic Plastic Machine.
