In the face of the increasing problem of "metabolic syndrome," in Japan, they really ought to revise the phrase shokuyoku no aki (Autumn is for eating). Another popular axiom is, dokusho no aki (Autumn is for reading) so if you put these two messages together, one can only conclude: Eat, and when you get fat, read it off.
So, now in the middle of autumn, I recently looked into my refrigerator for something to eat. I spied a few bottles of Australian beer next to a few more bottles of another foreign beer. Next to them was a six-pack of happoshu. Next to that some 200 and 250 ml cans of chu-hai.
Way in the back of the fridge was a small bottle of vodka a Russian friend had given me that I've been saving for Thanksgiving. Then there's the amazake waiting to be made that my neighbor gave me. Other than some organic edamame soy beans, there really wasn't much food in there at all.