Sake News from Japan

PR Times reports on a special drinks menu at the Shinagawa branch of TGI Fridays, which will offer Hakushika Yamada Nishiki sake and a selection of cocktails using it. Available from 1 December 2017 to 31 January 2018, it marks the first time TGI Fridays has ever sold...

Two things you may not know about Japan: First, Christmas Eve is the night for a romantic dinner with your partner. Second, they love their puns. MSN reports on the perfect dessert for the Holy Night (Christmas Eve) - the Chris-masu cake. You guessed it, it's a small...

Niconico News covered a story in Chinese media comparing the price of the same product in Japanese and Taiwanese airports, finding that the same Japanese item cost four times as much outside the country. The story reported on social media posts from Taiwanese users...

Niconico News reports on a sake cocktail competition held at London's Hyper Japan festival in late November 2018. The cocktail contest presented three cocktails a day over the three days of the event, with votes collected daily from participants who paid GBP £5.00 for...

Sake Times reports on a JR Tokai Tours excursion that's made for fans of sake, good food and onsen hot springs. Claiming to visit the "sake capital" of Japan, the luxury bus tour whisks participants around Hyogo to have their fill of freshly-brewed sake from carefully...

The Japanese edition of the Huffington Post reports on attempts by the Suigei Brewery to increase the enjoyment of drinking sake by creating a complete environment in which it can be experienced, which they call a "scene" - interesting seen a recent conversation with...

The Tochigi Prefecture column of the Mainichi Shinbun reports that three women from local breweries have passed the exams for the new Japan Sommelier Association (JSA) sake qualification, the Sake Diploma. The qualification was set up earlier this year, covers both...

Excite News reports that Jun Koike (24 years old), an online editor for sake news and one of only 400 people to gain the sakashō (酒匠) qualification awarded by the SSI to tasters of sake and shochu, was covered by the NHK eTV documentary Life Design U-29, which focuses...

The Asahi Shinbun digital edition reports that Coca Cola Japan will start selling pre-mixed drinks based on sake and wine next year. The drinks will be 1:1 mixtures of cola or other soft drinks/mixers wioth sake or wine, and will be sold through izakaya and other...