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12.14.2011

Sake Day and Nishinomiya Ebisu Sake Festival

They say that if you want to have a successful blog, the key thing is timing and to write posts timely and when the subject you’re writing about is current and relevant.

So here is my blog post about Sake Day in Japan which occurred 2 months ago on October 1st!

Sake day is so called as it’s around this time that the new brewing years sake is… Continue reading

12.1.2011

Sennenichi Sake Brewery, Awaji Island, Japan

On a recent trip to Awajishima (Awaji island, a tiny island inbetween Honshu and Shikoku, just off the coast of Kobe), we stopped in at the local sake brewery Sennenichi to pick up a bottle of the local brew to take home.

Sennenichi Sake Brewery

Sennenichi Sake Brewery

We were greeted very warmly… Continue reading

11.14.2011

1 Million Yen “The Yamazaki” Whisky Sells Out in 24 Hours!

The Yamazaki from Suntory

The Yamazaki

A few days ago Suntory started accepting orders for a very special limited edition bottling of their “Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky“.

This whisky has been aged more than 50 years and is selling for the very reasonable (if you’re idea of reasonable is ridiculously expensive) price of ¥1,000,000 (about US$13,000)!… Continue reading

10.31.2011

Godzilla Sake Est Arivee!

My Godzilla Sake bottle from Konishi Brewing Company and Toho Company arrived! Continue reading

10.25.2011

Godzilla Sake

As well as having more than a passing interest in booze, I’m also quite keen on the Godzilla and other Toho Monster movies, and it’s not often these two worlds come together.

So I was very excited to read about Konishi Brewing Company releasing a Special Edition Shirayuki barley Shochu in a Godzilla pottery bottle!

Godzilla Bottle




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