Topics.

Shinjuku "Sasamoto" Sasamoto, a famous skewered stew restaurant in Shinjuku Omoide Yokocho, has slightly changed its business hours. Sundays: Open 3:00 PM - Close 10:30 PM → Open 5:00 PM - Close 10:00 PM. Please note that for the time being, these Sunday hours will remain...

Drink Log: The app "Drink Log," which allows more people to enjoy the unique characteristics of alcohol, has achieved 100,000 user posts with zero advertising (no paid ads since its release). Even beginners and lazy people can easily record their drinks, and users can compare their own experiences with relative ratings...

Tokusato, a website that compares the return rates of hometown tax donation gifts, released a ranking of the return rates for lemons received through hometown tax donations. [Top Lemon Return Rate] 3kg + 90g Kuroshio Lemons for Home Use (damage compensation) from Mihama Town, Wakayama Prefecture, with a return rate of 59.14...

Noge is one of the best drinking areas in Japan with more than 600 restaurants in the Sakuragicho - Hinodecho Station area, with many standing bars and small stores where natural interaction can easily occur. In recent years, with the increase in tourists and the popularity of "bar hopping," the area has been visited by a diverse range of people. To make this interaction more enjoyable and safe...

CHOYA Umeshu will be selling its popular "Homemade Umeshu Kit" at home again in 2025 in limited quantities, and began accepting pre-orders on April 3rd. The kit includes carefully selected ingredients, tools, and recipes so that even beginners can easily make plum wine and plum syrup.

It would be a shame to do away with "drinking nication." However, drinking parties are not only fun, but also involve failures and stress. Therefore, members of the Japan Society of Professional Engineers, Sanwa Shuzu, and Kyushu University are jointly developing a "Drinking Party Rulebook". In addition, to drinking...

From April 7 (Mon.), "Coolish Frozen Lemon Sour" and "Coolish Frozen Greffle Sour", authentic alcoholic beverages with 5% alcohol content, will be available under the "Coolish" brand of "drinkable ice cream". These products are 202...

Kiuchi Brewery in Naka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, has revamped its 355ml canned "Hitachino Highball," a craft highball made entirely with Japanese whiskey produced in-house. The new can will be available from late April 2025. Product Overview: Brewed and steamed at Kiuchi Brewery...

Nozawa Onsen Distillery x Lawson Four different types of gin from Nozawa Onsen Distillery in Nagano Prefecture won awards at the prestigious "World Gin Awards 2024" held in London. Lawson will release two types of Nozawa Onsen Distillery's gin soda cans on Tuesday, March 25...

American venture BarrelRM has developed a technology that allows bourbon to be aged in 30 hours, instead of the two or more years it used to take. Developer Sean Kelly immerses charred white oak chips in a tank and precisely adjusts temperature, humidity, and oxygen levels to achieve a 7...

YOKOHAMA SESSION IPA Yokohama Beer, a local beer company celebrating its 25th anniversary, will release its fifth regular canned beer, "YOKOHAMA SESSION IPA," on Tuesday, April 1, 2025! Approximately 30,000 cans will be released initially...