DOJO COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS

TERMS & CONDITIONS

The House of Suntory DOJO Advocacy programme 2026 (later referred to as “The DOJO Advocacy Programme”) will start on Wednesday 24^th of June 2026 and end on Wednesday 2^nd of September 2026. The DOJO Advocacy Programme is open to UK (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) residents aged 18 or over who have been signed up by an approved Suntory Global Spirits UK Limited (later referred to as “SGS UK) employee in partnership with the venue in which the participant works. Employees and their immediate families of SGS UK agencies or anyone else professionally connected with the programme are excluded from applying to The DOJO Advocacy Programme.

There is 1 place on a trip to Japan (the “Suntory Japan Trip”) to be won.

THE DOJO ADVOCACY PROGRAMME WINNER

To be eligible to win one place on the Suntory Japan Trip, The DOJO Advocacy Programme participants must have entered their details on Suntory DOJO 2026 – APPLY HERE and have participated in all of the Masterclasses (dates below).

At the beginning of The DOJO Advocacy Programme, each participant will be given the task to create a Suntory DOJO Kaizen Menu and present these in their venue/ workplace 2 weeks before the “Closing Ceremony”.

The Kaizen Menu will include one Roku Kaizen classic cocktail (of their choice), an Hibiki Ritual Serve and a Japanese snack paired with the Toki Japanese Highball – They will apply the concept of Kaizen ‘continual improvement’ to gradually refine their Kaizen menu in their venue of work, using the learnings from each masterclass.

Participants will be asked to present their Kaizen Menu to 3 judges (appointed at the sole discretion of SGS UK) (the “DOJO Finale Masters”) in September.

The DOJO Advocacy Programme participant with the best ‘Kaizen Menu overall score’ (including a theory test), as judged by the DOJO Finale Masters, will win a place on the “Suntory Japan Trip”. Winner selection will take place on the evening of the DOJO Finale. The winner will be notified by SGS UK and in the event a claim for the prize is not received by SGS UK within 3 days of notification, SGS UK reserves the right, at its discretion, to withdraw prize entitlement and/or award the prize to the next best entrant.

SGS UK decision on points scored and who has won is final.

In the event that the winner is no longer able to attend the Suntory Japan Trip, SGS UK, at its sole discretion, may withdraw the prize entitlement and/or award the prize to the next best entrant.

No cash alternative will be offered in whole or in part in connection with this programme.

Dates may be subject to change at Suntory Global Spirits UK’s discretion.

The DOJO Advocacy Programme Masterclass dates:

24^th – 25^th & 26^th June 2026 (at Fordham Abbey, Ely, Cambridgeshire or such other location determined by SGS UK);
2^nd September 2026 (in London at a location to be confirmed by SGS UK in its sole discretion).

FULL T’S & C’S

These Terms and Conditions prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials. Entry instructions are deemed to form part of the terms and conditions and by entering The DOJO Advocacy Programme all participants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the terms and conditions. Please retain a copy for your information.

ELIGIBILITY

The DOJO Advocacy Programme is open to UK (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) residents aged 18 or over. Employees and their immediate families of SGS UK, its agencies or anyone else professionally connected with the programme are excluded from applying to the programme. Participants will only be confirmed if approved by their employer venue House of Suntory Brand Ambassador, and SGS UK Key Account Manager.

PROGRAMME PERIOD

The initial registration period for The DOJO Advocacy Programme will be open from 09.00am Monday 30^th or March 2026 and will end at 23.59pm on 4^th May 2026. The programme will start on Wednesday 24^th June 2026 at 10am and end on Wednesday 2^nd of September 2026.

TO ENTER

Please register your employment venue and personal details at Suntory DOJO 2026 – APPLY HERE no later than 23.59pm on Sunday 12^th of April. By registering you confirm that you have the permission of the owner or manager of the outlet to enter into the programme as well as a confirmed space on the programme from your SGSUK Account Manager.

Following registration at Suntory DOJO 2026 – APPLY HERE 20 bartenders will be confirmed to participate in The DOJO Advocacy Programme. The bartenders selected will be sent a confirmation email.

TO ENTER – GENERAL DETAILS

By entering The DOJO Advocacy Programme, you are giving Suntory Global Spirits UK permission to share your image and name on Suntory and partner business social media channels as part of the programme.

By entering The DOJO Advocacy Programme participants are required to:

Attend all Masterclass in The DOJO Advocacy Programme;
Post via their personal Instagram account 3 DOJO images of their choice (relating to the or taken at the Monozukuri Masterclass), tagging @Raff_suntorytimes and using hashtags #SuntoryDojo #Kaizenclassics in such posts;
Complete the Pre and Post evaluation test provided by the House of Suntory Brand Ambassador;
List Suntory DOJO Kaizen Classic Menu in venue between 11/08 – 01/09
Meet all of the participation requirements of The DOJO Advocacy Programme to be eligible to win a place on the “Suntory Japan Trip”.

THE PRIZE

The DOJO Advocacy Programme – 1 place on the “Suntory Japan Trip”

The trip will comprise a maximum of 7 days in Japan, including: travel to and from a UK airport, return flights to Japan, accommodation, subsistence, and internal travel within the set itinerary. All other costs and / or expenses are excluded. All reasonable expenses will be covered by SGS UK at their discretion and any activities outside of the agreed itinerary or costs not deemed as a reasonable expense will be the responsibility of the prize winner to cover. Note experiences, distillery tours and other activities may also be available and can be cancelled at SGS UK’s discretion.

Exact dates for the trip will be confirmed by SGSUK. The winner will fly from London and return to London. SGSUK will arrange at its cost travel from respective home (UK) addresses to and from the London airport selected by the SGS UK. All correct valid visas and passports must be confirmed prior to travel by the participant. The prizes are non-transferable, must not be offered for resale, and rights to postpone the trip are reserved by SGS UK but cannot be amended by the winner.

GENERAL

Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, SGS UK (including its officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability, for any injury sustained, loss, or damage (including loss of opportunity) whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of The DOJO Advocacy Programme, including, but not limited to, where arising out of the following: any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; or any tax liability incurred by any participant.

SGS UK does not assume any responsibility, liability, loss, or damage sustained as a result of or in connection with The DOJO Advocacy Programme: for late, lost, incomplete, incorrectly submitted, delayed, illegible, corrupted or misdirected entries, claims or correspondence due to error, omission, tampering, deletion, theft, and communications failure or otherwise; where there is no breach of any legal duty of care owed to the participant; where any loss or damage is not a reasonably foreseeable result of breach of any such duty of care; where any loss or damage or increase in loss or damage results from a breach by the participant of these terms and conditions or to the extent that the participant has failed to mitigate such loss or damage; and for business losses, and/or losses to non-consumers and any other third party.

SGS UK reserves the right to amend, alter or withdraw The DOJO Advocacy Programme as necessary due to exceptional circumstances outside its reasonable control and / or to substitute the prize with one of equivalent or greater value. The prize or its alternative must be accepted as offered. No cash alternative will be offered in whole or in part in connection with this programme.

If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions or incorrect, illegible, fraudulent or other invalid or improper information has been provided, SGS UK may at its sole discretion refuse to award the prize to the winning entrant.

By entering The DOJO Advocacy Programme, participants agree that their personal data submitted as part of their entry will be stored and processed by SGS UK as data controller in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Participants agree that such data may be used by us and our processors for the purposes of business analysis, the administration of this competition, to contact the winners of the competition and for publicity purposes as stated below and that winners’ personal details will be provided to third parties on request, as per our privacy policy which can be found here https://www.beamsuntory.com/index.php/en/privacy-policy. A request to access, update or correct any information should be directed to us at privacy@beamsuntory.com. We shall not otherwise share participants personal data with any third parties. We will only hold participant personal data for as long as we do the activities referred to in this paragraph or have a valid reason to keep it. We will either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation we will publish the name and town of residence of winners and, if applicable, their winning entries on [ 2^nd September 2026 ] or send the name and town of residence of winners and, if applicable copies of their winning entries, to anyone who emails to [ Raffaele.dimonaco@beamsuntory.com ] within [one] month after the closing date of the competition. If you object to any or all of your name, town and winning entry being published or made available, please contact us. In such circumstances, we must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.

By participating in this programme, individuals will be deemed to have read and understood these terms and conditions and be bound by them and by any other promotional material.

The full name and county of the prize winner can be obtained from SGS UK. The winner agrees to take part in reasonable publicity, at the option of SGS UK, with no further recompense.

By signing up to and participating in The DOJO Advocacy Programme participants agree to be included in any photography or video during the programme period and agree the use of their name, image and images of their cocktail creations in advertising, marketing and promotional materials across all SGS UK channels throughout the programme period. In particular, participants grants to SGS UK and its designees, an unconditional, irrevocable, worldwide and perpetual license to use the entrant’s name, Instagram handle/username, statements, and entry/submission/images, or other material contained in such entry/submission, as submitted or as edited, altered or modified in any way by SGS UK or its designee(s) in its sole discretion, including but not limited to for advertising or any other purposes, without additional review, notification, compensation, or approval from the entrant (unless prohibited by law).

The participant confirms that (i) any images / submissions are original works, are not defamatory and do not infringe third-party rights, (ii) there are no conflicting agreements in place that restrict usage of these images or other submissions, (iii) all persons appearing in any images are over 25 years old (iv) they have consent to use any third-party image in the entry and rights have been waived for that use and (v) they will produce evidence of any required consents at the SGS UK’s request, or risk being disqualified from participating in The DOJO Advocacy Programme.

SGS UK is not liable for any delay or failure to perform any obligation to the entrant that is caused by any circumstance beyond its reasonable control or by any act or omission of any third party although it will always use reasonable endeavors to minimise any entrant disappointment.

These terms and conditions are governed by the Laws of Scotland and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.

The DOJO Advocacy Programme is administered Part Second Floor, UK House, 2 Great Titchfield Street, London, United Kingdom, W1D 1NN.