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TV] Actress Nao appeared as a guest in the New Year's Sashi-Drinking Talks of "Yoshida Izuru no Bar Houki: New Year's Day SP!

New Year's Day SP "Yoshida Izuru's Bar Nomadic Travels" is a regular program on BS-TBS every Monday from 9:00 p.m. on BS-TBS. On New Year's Day in 2025, a two-hour special program will be broadcast. This special will be developed around two axes. 1...

2024.12.26

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[Useful information] Free invitation to the public recording of the third-generation president Hoppy Mina's radio show

HOPPY HAPPY BAR We are offering free invitations to 60 lucky winners to the public recording of the radio program "HOPPY HAPPY BAR," hosted by Hoppy Beverage's third-generation president, Mina Ishiwata, on Monday through Friday nights. The dates are...

2024.12.25

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Fire broke out at Furuya Sake Brewery in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture before dawn on the 23rd.

The fire broke out at the Furuya Sake Brewery, a sake brewery established in 1891 and known for its sake "Fukayamazakura" in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture. The fire was extinguished after about 16 hours, but a total of approximately 2,300 square meters, including one sake brewery and two residential buildings, were destroyed. No one was injured...

2024.12.25

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[Snacks to go with alcohol] Don Quijote x Tirol Chocolate! That "national sweet" has become a drink?

Don Quijote's "Tyrol Chocolate Liquor Coffee Nougat"! The balance of chocolate flavor and coffee flavor is exquisite. You can enjoy it on the rocks, with milk, or hot! Read more here ↓ buzz feed

2024.12.21

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[TV] A special program focused entirely on "kanzake" (warm sake), "Tour of Japanese Sake Bars - Kanzake SP," will be broadcast on the Travel Channel on Tuesday, December 31st!

A Tour of Japanese Sake Bars ~Hot Sake Special~ Discovery Japan's Travel Channel will broadcast a program showcasing the charms of Japanese sake, "A Tour of Japanese Sake Bars ~Hot Sake Special~," from 8:00 PM on December 31st. The program is hosted by the former editor-in-chief of the bar magazine "Koten Sakaba"...

2024.12.21

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The call for "2025 Miss SAKE" ambassadors to promote the attractiveness of sake, a traditional Japanese culture, has been postponed.

2025 Miss SAKE General Incorporated Association Miss SAKE is pleased to announce the postponement of the application process for the "2025 Miss SAKE" sake ambassadors. Combined with the registration of sake as a traditional sake brewery with UNESCO, the application...

2024.12.20

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[TV] NHK's "Bura Tamori" will return as a regular program from April

NHK has announced that its travel program "Bura Tamori" will be re-broadcast as a regular program on NHK General TV from April 2025. The program, in which Tamori, a city walking expert, tours cities and delves into their history and people's lives, ended in 2024, but will be broadcast for the first time as a three-night special in November.

2024.12.19

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More than 70 years after its installation, the symbolic signboard of "Nada Gogo" has been removed. The symbolic steel tower sign of "Nada Gogo" was removed.

Kiku-Masamune Steel Tower Sign The steel tower sign in the Kiku-Masamune factory, which has been a symbol of Nada-Gogo, Japan's largest sake producer for almost 70 years since December 1953, will be removed this month for safety reasons. The Ozeki sign was also removed in 2019. ...

2024.12.19

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Takafumi Horie and others establish a new whiskey distilling company in Taiki Town, Hokkaido.

In Taiki Town, Hokkaido, Takafumi Horie and others established Taiki Cosmic Glen Distillery, a whiskey production and sales company that uses only ingredients produced in the town. They will build a distillery in the vicinity of Bansei Onsen, and aim to begin production in 2025, with the whiskey to be released in 2028. Taiki Cosmic Glen Distillery will use Taiki Town-grown dent corn and pi...

2024.12.18

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Sake-no-Tsukkomi] Sake Brewing is easy! Assist Suit introduced to Nakano Sake Brewing Co.

Muscle Suit Soft-Light Nakano Sake Brewery, headquartered in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, has introduced to its manufacturing site "Muscle Suit Soft-Light," a supporter-type assistive suit developed by Innofis Corporation, a start-up company from the Tokyo University of Science. This su...

2024.12.17

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[Information] The January issue of "Stroll Master" features the two people who met at Shimokitazawa's "Mintei" on the cover

"Stroll Master" January Issue "Shimokitazawa, Sangenjaya, Ikejiri-Ohashi" "The Solitary Gourmet," a feature film directed and written by Yutaka Matsushige, will be released on January 10, 2025. The theme song, "Hunger and Me," will be performed by Hiroto Komoto (The Cro-Magnons), a friend of Matsushige's for 40 years. The two...

2024.12.16

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[Book] "Izakaya Writer" Kazuhiko Ota's latest essay "I'm 80 Years Old and a Bad Old Man" will be released on December 20th

I'm 80 years old and a delinquent. Kazuhiko Ota, art director in the production department of Shiseido's advertising department and a featured author on BS11's "Kazuhiko Ota's Wandering Journey: New 100 Izakayas," will be releasing his latest essay, "I'm 80 years old and a delinquent." (Aki Shobo) on December 20th.

2024.12.15

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[Snacks to go with alcohol] The scientific reason why beer tastes better cold and red wine tastes better at room temperature

The taste of alcohol changes dramatically depending on your mental and physical state, temperature, and the food you pair it with. While cold beer and lemon sours bring out the bitterness and acidity, offering a refreshing feeling, red wine and ale beer tend to bring out their aroma and richness at room temperature. When pairing alcohol with food, it's important to consider the flavor...

2024.12.14

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[Information] The "Sky Kotatsu Ferris Wheel," which has been ridden by a total of 13,000 people, will be back this year

Enjoy the combination of "Kotatsu, Oden, and Hot Sake" at the Sky Kotatsu Ferris Wheel, a 123-meter-tall Ferris wheel in Osaka, Japan's tallest Ferris wheel, from December 2 (Mon) to February 28 (Fri), 2025! Event Details...

2024.12.14

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Highball cans of Irish whiskey "THE BUSKER" are now on sale nationwide exclusively at Lawson stores.

THE BUSKER highball Irish whiskey brand "THE BUSKER" ("Busker") highball cans will be sold exclusively at Lawson and Natural Lawson stores nationwide from December 17, 2024 (Tuesday)....

2024.12.13

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Japanese whiskey investment boom that had been exploding fell

Auctionfan announces whisky transaction trends in the online auction market. The survey period was from October 2020 to October 2024. Japanese whiskey peaked in October 2021 with 15,287 transactions and an average bid of 50,731 yen, but in October 2024...

2024.12.12

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[Book] Expressing taste in straightforward words! "The World's Easiest Whisky Taste Guide" to be released on December 6th

"The World's Easiest Whisky Taste Guide" Kanzen Co., Ltd. has released "The World's Easiest Whisky Taste Guide," a one-time book in which a whiskey enthusiast with a taste for approximately 300 brands describes the tastes of "138 bottles x 3 ways of drinking" in straightforward terms using "taste icons."

2024.12.11

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[Information] Hakutsuru Brewery's first craft gin, "KOBE HERBAL GIN Hakufu," will be released in two varieties on December 9th

KOBE HERBAL GIN Shirakaze Hakutsuru Sake Brewery will be releasing two varieties of craft gin, "KOBE HERBAL GIN Shirakaze," exclusively at its directly managed stores and liquor stores and restaurants in the Kansai area from December 9, 2024. This is the company's first attempt...

2024.12.11

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[TV] Egashira 2:50 bursts into the popular bar-hopping show "Let's Drink at a Chinese Restaurant"

"Let's Drink at a Local Chinese Restaurant" is a popular program that airs every Monday at 10pm on BS-TBS. Next week's episode on the 16th will feature Egashira 2:50, who has been Tama-chan's best friend for 30 years! This marks their first full-scale collaboration in 28 years since "Asakusabashi Young Clothing Store"...

2024.12.10

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Scottish Malt Whisky Distillery Poster 2025 on sale

The latest poster covering Scottish malt whisky distilleries will be available from "Whisky Festival in Tokyo". It will be available at the Whisky Culture Institute online store from December 10. Online store: ...

2024.12.08

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