Et-chan and Te-chan are on hiatus this week. That means we are traveling around with no sake to try. But this is the perfect time to share s....
27 Dec 10:56 pm  from  Tokyofoodcast   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Last weekend Et-chan was busy, so it was my turn to get into the kitchen. I already had to go out and run some errands, so as long as I was ....
20 Dec 8:49 pm  from  Tokyofoodcast   [Profile]  [Recent] 

breakfast: coffee & toast with butter and honey. i have been somewhat obsessively thinking that my apples would go bad unless i eat th....
18 Dec 11:32 pm  from  it will stop raining*   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The Kappa, Japanese water imp, does on occasion behave kindly to humans, but mostly it is a malevolent creature, so it is not surprising tha....
16 Dec 10:49 pm  from  Ojisan Jake   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Sake World Sake Brewery Tour to San-in It took me quite some time to write up only half of our trip in San-in and I am not even done yet! B....
15 Dec 8:43 pm  from  Tokyofoodcast   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Ippaku Suisei from Akita Milky Nigori and a starter The long-awaited shinshu season is finally here! Milky Ippaku Suisei Junmai Ginjo ....
14 Dec 7:45 pm  from  Tokyofoodcast   [Profile]  [Recent] 

To be quite honest I was a little reluctant about picking this one up last time I was in Niigata.  For one, I normally stick with namazake ....
13 Dec 8:20 pm  from  The Soul of Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

It was a whimsically warm autumn morning. The sky was the placid blue of a Magritte painting, and the leaves were flecked with rust. Even at....
11 Dec 2:18 pm  from  Tokyo Drinking Glass   [Profile]  [Recent] 

A huge stack of sakedaru (sake barrels) at Matsuo Shrine near Kyoto. Matsuo is the home of the patron kami of sake brewers.Sake when offered....
7 Dec 2:00 pm  from  Ojisan Jake   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Tatsuriki Junmai Daiginjo Nihon no Sakura On Saturday, I was back at Mitsuya for Takase-sensei’s monthly benkyokai–or, sake lecture a....
6 Dec 8:11 pm  from  Tokyofoodcast   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I suppose I do not need to introduce Tomii again as it is my favourite Japanese restaurant in the whole of Shizuoka Prefecture! To make a l....
6 Dec 7:35 am  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Sake brewed in the pouches of kangaroos is a hit product in Japan, especially among young females who will buy anything if it is sufficien....
3 Dec 1:41 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

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2 Dec 10:58 pm  from  deep kyoto   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The weather's been on a crazy emotional roller-coaster ride. We'd had a pretty chilly cold snap a couple of weeks ago. Then, after days of w....
30 Nov 11:27 am  from  Tokyo Drinking Glass   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Shosetsu Daiginjo Last weekend was the big Shizuoka Sake Tasting Events at the JALT2009 conference at Granship in Shizuoka where over 1,7....
29 Nov 8:27 pm  from  Tokyofoodcast   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Onikoroshi at Kumako Ramen in San Jose, Ca After visiting Sake Nomi in Seattle and True Sake in San Francisco and finding out that one of....
21 Nov 8:48 am  from  Tokyofoodcast   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Like so many revolutions, the rise sanuki udon began with a book. Sanuki udon, Shikoku’s special brand of thick wheat noodles, had long b....
20 Nov 10:41 am  from  Tokyo Drinking Glass   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Shichihonyari 80% Junmai NamaGenshu with pewter chokko It wasn’t long ago that Et-chan waxed rhapsodic about Shichihonyari, but I could....
15 Nov 7:32 pm  from  Tokyofoodcast   [Profile]  [Recent]