Japan’s New Kit Kats Use Premium Sake From Brewery Founded In 1625
While Japanese Kit Kats are popular around the world for their creative use of seasonal and regional specialty ingredients, which result in interesting flavors such…
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Making Satsuma Shochu Liquor: A Proud Kagoshima Tradition
For the longest time, sake has taken center stage around the world. However, shochu is in fact Japan’s national alcohol, enjoyed more commonly than sake…
Japanese Scientists Create World’s First Drinkable Alcohol Made from Trees
Researchers at Japan’s Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, announced that they have discovered a technique to make a drinkable alcoholic beverage…
Show Osaka Pride with Cointreau’s Takoyaki Octopus Ball Cocktail Recipe
French orange liqueur Cointreau want Japan to get drunk on prefecture pride (and actual alcohol). Japanese cuisine is a treasure trove of regional goodies. Where…
Japan Releases New Umeshu Kit Kats Using Premium Sake and Plum Wine
Japan releases new umeshu (Japanese plum wine) flavored Kit Kats. When not asking you to vote on and create the latest Kit Kat flavor or…
Drunk Japanese Salaryman Attempts to Ride Home by Clinging to Doors of Last Train
During its heaviest drinking season, Tokyo once generously offered a late night rescue bus aimed at boozehounds who missed their last train, but it appears…
Famous Sake Brand To Have “Open Brewery Day” For Children
In the Japanese culinary tradition, fermentation plays a very important, if not indispensable role. For example, soy sauce and miso, made from soy beans, are…
Coca-Cola to Launch Their First Ever Alcoholic Drink in Japan But What Exactly is a Chu-Hi?
Although Coca-Cola and the various brands they own are widely used as mixers for spirits around the world, the company are yet in their 132…
This Chu-hai Canned Highball Tastes Like A Famous Furikake Rice Topping
A trip to any local convenience store or supermarket in Japan will reveal a bewildering selection of canned alcoholic beverages, with new varieties appearing on…
Jack Daniel’s Whisky Releases A Japan-Exclusive Black Sakura Edition
Spring is not only famous for sakura in Japan, it’s also the season for hanami, picnicking under the beautiful blooming cherry trees with coworkers, family…
Vitamin C Alcohol Wards Off Colds and Gets You Leathered at the Same Time
Walk into any Japanese convenience store and you can find a horde of vitamin and energy drinks that claim to support the health of overworked…
Drink Like Revy With Black Lagoon x Williamson Special Collaboration Whisky
There are few well-known female anime characters who like to drink. Misato Katsuragi in Evangelion is famous but there’s also Kozue Takanashi in Working!! and…
Pocky Continues Its Adult Flavor Series With Classy Wine-Pairing Flavor
The original classic Pocky may have just been a simple chocolate pretzel stick, but the worldwide love the flagship Japanese snack enjoys has seen Pocky…
Japanese Convenience Stores To Carry First-Ever Canned Hot Sake
Whether it’s from dangerously convenient self-serve vending machines, sweet and savory cream puffs, or even Kit Kats, there are a plethora of ways to enjoy…
Isetan’s Sui no Za Is A Must Stop By Emporium Of Sake And Beer From All Over Japan
When it comes to alcohol, many are content to simply associate Japan with the sake and major beer labels they enjoy when they go out…