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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"...

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...

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.

"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...

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: ...

Kakuyasu Official App On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, a media presentation on the renewal of the "Kakuyasu Official App" was held at a certain location in Tokyo, inviting Canning Takeyama and Baron Higuchi. The "Kakuyasu Official App" was launched in October of this year as "Store to ...

As we mentioned the other day, Kinmiya, Kodama, Iichiko and other popular pub alcoholic drinks have been made into capsule toys and will be on sale from November 27th.

Kamoshibito The documentary film "Kamoshibito" is a four-year documentary film about brewers who are taking on the challenge of craft saké making in Oga ("rice and agave"), Paris ("wakaze") and Minamisoma ("haccoba"). The sake industry is "young people's ...

Kujerunotomo Aso Umami Huayagu Set KOIKEYA will release "Kujerunotomo Aso Umami Huayagu Set," an original potato chip and original sake pairing set developed in collaboration with Kochi Prefecture sake brewer Drunken Whale Brewery, on November 21, 2024 (Thursday) at the Kochiya O...

Wakako Sake Season8 BS Teletext will broadcast "Wakako Sake Season 8" (every Wednesday night from 24:00 to 24:30) starting January 8, 2025. This work follows Wakako Murazaki (26 years old), an office worker born with a "drunkard's tongue," as she goes through various...

The Ultimate Craft Umeboshi Sour The "Ultimate Craft Umeboshi Sour" will be available at the online liquor store "Kurando" from Monday, November 18, 2024 at 17:00. The "Ultimate Craft Umeboshi Sour" is the ultimate in ...

Otona no Weekend December 2024 This month's issue of Otona no Weekend features "Machinaka & Gachi-Chinese". We introduce a number of excellent restaurants that are both delicious and filling!　In addition, there is a feature on "Modern Shochu Bar" to enjoy with tea and soda, and a feature on "Autumn Home Snacks" to pair with split shochu...

"Awamori Shimauta Kingdom Limited Collaboration Bottle" Masahiro Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture, will be collaborating with the hugely popular anime "Kingdom," set in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, to release the "Awamori Shimauta Kingdom Limited Collaboration Bottle" at Masahiro Sake Brewery from Wednesday, November 20, 2024.