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Nihonshu and BBQ
The society and culture section of Keizai Premier (part of the Mainichi newspaper) reports on a town in Saitama Prefecture holding sake + BBQ events. Toda is a small town in the south of Saitama Prefecture, bisected by the river Tama and right next to the Tokyo...
Brewery visit: Dewazakura 14 November 2017 (Part 2)
We negotiated the ramp again and came back through the first room and saw what we had woken up early to see - a small group of people was gathered near the huge kama steamer. Two were using small buckets to unload the freshly steamed rice from the top section onto a...
Brewery visit: Dewazakura 14 November 2017
NOTE: As John Gauntner has pointed out (Sakagura tourism? Not so fast!) breweries are food producers observing stringent hygiene requirements. Don’t assume you can drop in unless they have a shop, bar, museum or other public space. Always ask in advance if you can...
All about amino acids: sake, ornithine and health claims
The Yomiuri Online covers research that has increased the quantity of ornithine in sake threefold.This amino acid is found in Japanese shijimi clams, and is alleged to be effective against hangovers and aid in recovery from fatigue. (And now that I think back to my...
A new way to enjoy Dassai: as amazake ice cream
PR Times reports on a new way to enjoy Dassai sake, at least if you're near Omotesando in Tokyo.Natural Kitchen Omotesando, a sophisticated "collaboration cafe" that prizes the quality of its ingredients, will be offering an ice cream from famous Hokkaido ice cream...
What is sweet and dry in sake?
Shukan Josei Prime, a weekly aimed at women, has an article on something very basic - but it's often interesting to look at the basics! "Sake trivia: What to know before you drink, what's the difference between 'dry' and 'sweet'?" starts off with the usual line about...
Sake spreads to Myanmar
The Nikkei financial newspaper reports on the start of official imports of sake in Myanmar. Reporter Nitta Yuichi covers the story from the city of Yangon. Myanmar authorities first gave permission for sake imports at the end of 2017. The Sake Export Association and...
A physicist who loves wine – and sake
The People section of Nippon.com profiles Asuka Sugiyama, a theoretical physicist and self-proclaimed "missionary" for wine and sake. Describing her as "a woman of action", Nippon.com asked this aficionado of wine and sake, who shuttles between Paris and Tokyo every...
Tasting: Nigori and chocolate
It all started out innocently enough. I was talking to someone about dark chocolate and they asked me what sake would go with it. Maybe nigori, I thought? Although I'd had it before with chocolatey desserts, I hadn't tried it with bar chocolate. So I told him I'd...
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