The background of this collaboration traces back to when Mr. Harald Mahrer, President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, had DASSAI at a sushi restaurant in Vienna. He fondly remembered the experience, which became the starting point for the partnership.
In April 2024, President Mahrer visited the brewery, and it was deeply moving when he personally shared his story of encountering DASSAI. It also vividly recalled being touched by his proposal to showcase a special collaborative version of DASSAI at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, as a symbol of friendship between Japan and Austria.
And so, they began brewing DASSAI Composing the Future.
Since exporting DASSAI to Taiwan for the first time in 2002, it has expanded to over 40 countries and regions across every continent.
They believe this global reach has only been possible because it had always valued and respected the unique cultures of each place we enter. That respect is at the heart of what DASSAI stands for.
Then convey the special concept behind DASSAI Composing the Future—a sake born from mutual respect for one another’s history, culture, and values—to an even wider audience.
It was something like a musical collaboration between Austrian and Japanese artists.
In 2025, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Johann Strauss II, members of the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic formed a sextet named “Philharmonic Taste” and joined forces with the full orchestra of Japan's leading ensemble, the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra. Each orchestra performed Strauss’s Lagoon Waltz in their respective countries. The recordings were then combined and harmonized in Austria.
This waltz—born from the harmony between Austria and Japan—was played during the fermentation process of DASSAI. This truly unique DASSAI is born as DASSAI Composing the Future.
The label features the musical score of Lagoon Waltz along with the logos of both orchestras, symbolizing this one-of-a-kind collaboration.