Final Result At Last! Mushroom vs Bamboo Shoot
“Kino-Take Battle” – a long battle between ‘Kinoko no Yama’ devotees and ‘Takenoko no Sato’ fanatics – has finally come to an end. For those […]
Month: September 2018
No64 [LANGUAGE] Let’s nihonGO! / Nihonshu ga suki desu.
Hello there! This column will include useful Japanese phrases that cover a variety of topics. Konnichiwa, Mina-san! (Hello, everyone!) My name is Makoto. In the […]
No64 [EXPLORATION] Niigata, the kingdom of sake
Niigata Prefecture is home to the largest number of breweries in Japan, with some 90 companies. Rice produced in Niigata is considered to be the […]
No64 [DISCOVERY] Drinking sake to the very dregs
Sakekasu, the compressed dregs left over from sake brewing, have become a fashionable side product in the archipelago. Sakekasu is used in many recipes to […]
No64 [PRODUCTION] Japanese sake, brewed in the UK
A venerable Osaka sake brewer decided to build a new brewery in the bucolic English countryside. Owner & founder, Yoshihide Hashimoto (right) and sake brewing […]
No64 [TASTE] Drinking is quite an art
To enjoy all of sake’s subtleties, the drinking vessel must be chosen with care. Here’s some advice. The taste of sake changes according to the […]
No64 [TREND] Mrs Imada is the master brewer
Like Imada Miho, more and more women are starting to work in the production of the drink of the gods. Some of the treasures from […]
No64 [FOCUS] Kenbishi, the soul of sake
As one of the oldest breweries in the archipelago, it endeavours to preserve traditional methods of production. The celebrated logo of the Kenbishi brewery, founded […]
No64 [IN THE EYE OF ERIC RECHSTEINER] Goto Islands’ brewery, Nagasaki Prefecture
Mr Tateishi, president of the Tomie chamber of commerce, proudly displays a bottle of the Goto Islands’ only Toraku (島楽), whose production is largely due […]