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 [...]
One of the largest and most famous wineries in Japan is Chateau Mercian and the Mercian Katsunuma Winery.
This is the Japanese wine you usually find in supermarkets and convenience stores throughout Japan. They tend to cover all price ranges from the cheapest, table/cooking wine to expensive vintage wine. Grace Winery on the other [...]
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 [...]
Just a little bit up the road past the Domaine Chateraise and the large Mercian Winery, up a small hill and situated on the corner of a small crossroads is the Soryu Winery.
A small winery that’s been here since 1899 according to the big sign on the front of the shop.
The shop is attached to [...]
The picture on the right shows a Sakabayashi (Sake Grove) Cedar Ball. These are hung outside sake breweries (and some sake off licenses) to show that sake has been recently brewed.
(Actually they seem to be always outside the breweries I’ve been to, so either they are constantly brewing new sake or it’s just a sign [...]
