Japanese women toast the 2009 vintage Be(01 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese women toast the 2009 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine in Tokyo on November 19, 2009, after the embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of five million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
JAPAN-FRANCE-WINE-BOURGOGNE(02 of20)
Open Image ModalMiss Bourgogne, Marie Reintz (L) pours 2014 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine into a \'wine spa\' in Hakone town, Kanagawa prefecture, some 100-kilometres west of Tokyo on November 20, 2014, after an embargo on the wine was removed. A total of seven million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported into Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TORU YAMANAKA via Getty Images)
Japanese women toast the 2009 vintage Be(03 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese women toast the 2009 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine in Tokyo on November 19, 2009, after the embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of five million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
JAPAN-FRANCE-WINE-BEAUJOLAIS(04 of20)
Open Image ModalWomen pose with 2015 Beaujolais Nouveau wine at the wine spa in the Hakone Yunessun spa resort facilities in Hakone town, Kanagawa prefecture, some 100 kilometres west of Tokyo, on November 19, 2015. The resort is holding the annual 12-day long Beaujolais Nouveau spa event as this year\'s vintage was officially uncorked. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
JAPAN-ODDLY/(05 of20)
Open Image ModalWomen drink wine as they sit in a hot bath with coloured water representing wine at the Hakone Kowaki-en Yunessun spa resort during an event marking Beaujolais Nouveau Day in Hakone west of Tokyo, November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (credit:Thomas Peter / Reuters)
JAPAN-ODDLY/(06 of20)
Open Image ModalA man pours wine into the hands of a women as they sit in a hot bath with coloured water representing wine at the Hakone Kowaki-en Yunessun spa resort during an event marking Beaujolais Nouveau Day in Hakone west of Tokyo, November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (credit:Thomas Peter / Reuters)
Japan Beaujolais Nouveau(07 of20)
Open Image ModalA clerk hawks passer-by during the lifting of Beaujolais Nouveau in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JAPAN BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU(08 of20)
Open Image ModalA pedestrian tries out this year\'s beaujolais Nouveau outside Printemps department store in downtown Tokyo, Thursday, Nov 17, 2005. French famous wine is released on the third Thursday of November all across the world. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JAPAN-FRANCE-WINE(09 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese wine drinkers toast the 2015 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine at a countdown event in Tokyo on November 19, 2015, after an embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of six million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/ Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
JAPAN-FRANCE-WINE-BEAUJOLAIS(10 of20)
Open Image ModalYunessan sommelier Yasunari Kuwajima (R) pours 2015 Beaujolais Nouveau wine at the wine spa in the Hakone Yunessun spa resort facilities in Hakone town, Kanagawa prefecture, some 100 kilometres west of Tokyo, on November 19, 2015. The resort is holding the annual 12-day long Beaujolais Nouveau spa event as this year\'s vintage was officially uncorked. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
JAPAN-FRANCE-WINE(11 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese wine drinkers toast the 2014 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine at an event in Tokyo on November 20, 2014, after an embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of seven million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WINE-SPA(12 of20)
Open Image ModalSommelier Shunji Kanaya (R) pours 2012 Beaujolais Nouveau wine into the wine spa at the Hakone Yunessun spa resort facilities in Hakone, Kanagawa prefecture, some 100-kilometre west of Tokyo on November 15, 2012. As the new vintage Beaujolais Nouveau is officially uncorked, Hakone Yunessun started the annual 16-day-long Beaujolais Nouveau spa to attract visitors. AFP PHOTO/TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
Japanese people enjoy the 2011 vintage B(13 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese people enjoy the 2011 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine in Tokyo on November 17, 2011 after the embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of six million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
Japanese people enjoy the 2011 vintage B(14 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese people enjoy the 2011 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine in Tokyo on November 17, 2011 after the embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of six million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
Japanese people toast the 2011 vintage B(15 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese people toast the 2011 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine in Tokyo on November 17, 2011 after the embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of six million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
Japanese people toast the 2011 vintage B(16 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese people toast the 2011 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine in Tokyo on November 17, 2011 after the embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of six million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
Beaujolais Nouveau Season Starts At Aquarium In Japan(17 of20)
Open Image ModalTOKYO - NOVEMBER 20: Guests make a toast to each other with the 2008 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau during an event for the release of Beaujolais Nouveau at Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium on November 20, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The French red wine is released worldwide annually at the strike of midnight on the third Thursday of November. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images) (credit:Kiyoshi Ota via Getty Images)
A group of Japanese women enjoy to taste the 2001(18 of20)
Open Image ModalTOKYO, JAPAN: A group of Japanese women enjoy to taste the 2001 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine at a Tokyo hotel bar as the embargo on this wine is removed at midnight 15 November 2001. A total of 500,000 bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
JAPAN-FRANCE-WINE(19 of20)
Open Image ModalJapanese wine drinkers toast the 2015 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau wine at a countdown event in Tokyo on November 19, 2015, after an embargo on the wine was removed at midnight. A total of six million bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine are expected to be imported to Japan this year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU(20 of20)
Open Image ModalA Japanese sommelier displays this year\'s version of Beaujolais Nouveau few hours before its release in Tokyo November 19, 2003. Beaujolais Nouveau, made from grapes harvested in France\'s Beaujolais region, goes on sale just after the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November. (credit:Yuriko Nakao / Reuters)