Takahiko Soga, owner of Domaine Takahiko, poses for a photograph

Takahiko Soga, 52, who started ‘Domaine Takahiko’ on Yoichi’s small hill in 2010, poses for a photograph inside a newly-built underground wine cellar to keep barrels, at his winery in Yoichi on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, Japan October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato