With Valentine’s Day soon approaching, which in Japan means women buying chocolate for men, (thanks to some genius marketing by a chocolate manufacturer many years ago), the shelves are being stacked with chocolate, chocolate recipes, Royce/Sapporo chocolate beer and this year I found shelves of alcohol filled chocolates.
Sake, Whiskey, Beer and Shochu Chocolate
I thought I’d post a couple of photos of the sake sections in some local shops near me.
The first is a more specialised off-license, which as well as shochu, whiskey, and crates of beer, has a Sake Corner, with bottles from all over Japan, as well as Ji-sake (地酒) which is craft-brewed sake (basically sake brewed in smaller quantities by smaller breweries).[caption id=”attachment_2070″ align=”aligncenter” width=”482″ caption=”The Sake Corner… Continue reading
Every year during the second weekend in January there’s a long Bank Holiday weekend, as we would say in England, and this co-incides with the Ebisu Shinto Shrine festivals held around Japan. People go to the shrines to buy fukusasa, which are lucky charms for businesses in the coming year.
Just up the road from us in Nishinomiya city is one of the biggest festivals with around 1 million… Continue reading
Food and Sake
It was brought to my attention thay my little old site was included in a list of the Top 50 Japanese Food Blogs on another website.
Ok, so this isn’t a Japanese food blog but sake, wine and beer all go well with food, oh and I blogged… Continue reading
In Japan there are a thousand and one ways to buy and drink sake. From the huge barrels you find outside Shinto shrines and at weddings or company promotional events, to the standard 1.8l or 750ml bottles, to the one-cup glasses or box cartons from vending machines.
Recently in Family Mart convenience stores a new way to drink sake has appeared, or as they say on the side… Continue reading
