Sake News from Japan
Sake from the UK – if you can afford it
The Nikkei newspaper site has an article on the opening of the UK's second sake brewery, Dojima in Cambridge. The Osaka-based Dōjima Bakushu brewery held a ceremony at their new Cambridge site on 14 September 2018 ahead of the official opening on 1 October. The site...
Why you should drink sake from a wine glass
The Mainichi Newspaper site has an article with reasons why you should drink sake from a wine glass. Boldly proclaiming that the days when it was seen as an "old man's drink" are long gone, the article points out that sake is attracting more and more attention around...
Sake + sweets = shueets
The Biglobe Beauty site reports on a shop in Sendai serving up all kind of sweet things, and sake, and sweet things made with sake. Kanmidokoro Hiiragi (甘味処 柊) is a bakery and cafe during the day, and a bar at night when it offers sake, coffee and cake. They also make...
Single origin sake
The Gunosy site reports on a collaboration between Kurand, a company developing original products based on sake and other drinks, and two breweries who handle their production from start to finish. The new series, designed to show off the craftsmanship of the...
Is sake being sold too cheap?
The Diamond Online site has a three-part interview with maverick Japanese businessman Takafumi Horie, and in the last section he talks about a personal project - selling sake for more. Horie asserts that sake is extremely cheap at the moment, and asks the interviewer...
From football to sake
Livedoor News covers an episode of Fuji TV PRIME news alpha where former Japanese national football team member Hidetoshi Nakata was interviewed and asked about his involvement with sake. After hanging up his boots Nakata became a representative for the Japan Craft...
Sparkling sake on the rise
PR Times has a report on a survey by Hot Pepper Gourmet Eating Out Research (ホットペッパーグルメ外食研究, hotto peppa- gurume gaishoku kenkyū) on sparkling sake. Hot Pepper Gourmet Eating Out Research is a monthly magazine that gathers bar and restaurant experts and announces...
An American kurabito in Takayama
The Nikkei newspaper reports on a brewery in Hida, Gifu Prefecture with an American employee who's crazy about brewing sake. Darryl Cody Brailsford, a kurabito at the brewery, is passionate about making sake. It's easy to see how hard he works when you consider that...
Have a break, at the bar
The Ryutsū News site has an article on a pop-up sake bar aimed at inbound tourists, with the added attraction of Kit-Kat. Nestle Japan launched the Kit-Kat Umeshu Tsuru-ume on 18 September 2018. The new variety was developed by "producer" Hidetoshi Nakata, former...
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