A pleasant 30 minute walk from our B&B led us to L’Orient Winery (also called Shirayuri Winery).
We really struck gold with this one, as while we were wandering around the shop and tasting room the winery owner, Mr Takao Uchida, who was extremely friendly with everyone, started talking to us and was very interested that [...]
Lets face it there’s one thing the Japanese do very well (well lots of things really but…), and that’s presentation.
From the food which often looks like a work of art, to clothes (just look at the amazing intricacies of a kimono), to gift-wrapping.
A friend pointed me in the direction of a site called e-GiftNippon who [...]
Well it would appear to be Winter soon in Japan.
I blogged a while ago about Autumn beers in Japan and how Japan and the Japanese people are very seasonal and like to celebrate the changes in seasons with, amongst other things, new kinds of beer.
The first Winter beers have hit the shelves! Despite it [...]
Most people probably know that Japan has lots of vending machines (according to wikipedia there is one for every 23 Japanese people (and there are a lot of Japanese people!).
What some people might not know is the range of things you can get from a vending machine here. Not just snacks, and drinks, but rice, [...]
If, like me, you think the only way to drink Sake is from a bamboo cup then you’d have been just as excited as I was the other Friday at a works drinks outing in a Bamboo themed izakaya when this appeared…
How cool is that, and the sake was pretty nice too (a local brand, [...]
