Sake to celebrate with

April 16, 2009 - 3:49 pm by Him in Others  

Celebratory sake is more about the image than the taste
Nihonshu as the locals call it permeates all aspects of society, but nowhere is its presence more noticeable than in traditional celebrations or religious dedications.
Marriage, birth, death and even the passing of one year into another, all see sake brought to the fore.
Opening a new business? [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Fukui-ken “The Sake of Fukui – BORN”

December 31, 2007 - 12:47 am by katchaman in Others  

Do you like SAKE? I know so good SAKE. It is named  “BORN“.
BORN is the Sake of Fukui-ken. I have [...]

Cool yourself with Shochu-on-the-rock? Shochu (Distilled Spirit) boom of Kagoshima

August 9, 2007 - 6:32 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Others  

Shochu (distilled spirit) is one of the main Japanese alcoholic beverages following Sake.

Kagoshima is the largest, popular, and traditional Shochu mecca, providing 155,900 kiloliters in 2006 (July 2006 to June 2006), which is the record high, with an increase for the 8th consecutive year!
Satsuma Shochu (meaning Kagoshima Shochu, Satsuma is the old name of Kagoshima) [...]

Antenna Shops of Hakata; foods, cup-sake, Glico @ Canal City Hakata

August 4, 2007 - 12:43 pm by akko@hakata in Food, Travel  

Here’s another Antenna Shop. It’s in Canal City Hakata, the largest and fashionable shopping mall in Fukuoka, Kyushu.
It deals with, of course, Hakata local foods,

Not only that.
Glico sweets, and variety of Japanese specialities are also available,

including fashionably bottled sake.

We call the transparent ones especially `cup-sake‘.
It used to remind us of tired businessmen, for [...]