Food & Drink | Women of Taste Jan 10, 2021
VinVie breathes life (and cider) into Matsukawa
by Joan Bailey
Nobuko Takemura co-founded VinVie Winery & Cidery to spread the gospel of cider in Japan and give local apple growers a much-needed boost.
Food & Drink | KANPAI CULTURE Jan 10, 2021
When it comes to sake, a little heat can go a long way
by Melinda Joe
Gone are the days when hot sake implied poor quality, and kanzake is finally taking pride of place at the socially distanced dinner table.
Language | BILINGUAL Dec 29, 2020
Raise your glasses to 2020: Good riddance!
by Kaori Shoji
Drinking culture changed in a lot of ways in 2020. On one hand, we drink alone more. On the other hand, we don't have to worry about the last train as much.
Food & Drink Dec 26, 2020
Kohachi Beerworks gives a whole new meaning to ‘local beer’
by Joan Bailey
Julien and Nobuko Caudron source almost all of the ingredients for their brews from the tiny town of Kamiseya.
Business Dec 23, 2020
Global beer consumption rose for second year in 2019, Kirin says
In terms of annual per capita beer consumption, the Czech Republic secured first place for the 27th straight year at 188.6 liters.
Food & Drink | KANPAI CULTURE Dec 19, 2020
Sake brewing in 2020: ‘Hard times are going to be with us for a while’
by Melinda Joe
After years of incremental gains due to growing popularity abroad, Japan’s sake producers struggled with substantial losses this year.
Food & Drink Dec 12, 2020
Raise a glass to better days ahead with spiced winter sake
by Florentyna Leow
Think of otoso as Japan’s version of mulled wine — sake-based and customizable with a variety of herbs or spices.
Food & Drink Dec 5, 2020
Kochi’s cottage food and travel industry gets a bump from international residents
by Chiara Terzuolo
International transplants to this Shikoku prefecture are taking advantage of the rich soil and pure water to create top-quality food and drinks.
Food & Drink Nov 28, 2020
Twillo: Fairy tale yatai bar hits the streets of Tokyo after midnight
by Phoebe Amoroso
Running a traveling bar might seem like an avant-garde answer to the coronavirus, but owner Shotaro Kamijo is in the business for a different reason.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Nov 28, 2020
A genteel craft beer crawl through Kamakura
by Robbie Swinnerton
Being a tourist can be thirsty work, even in the genteel surrounds of Kamakura. Here are six of the former samurai capital’s best watering holes.
National Nov 25, 2020
Miho Imada was chosen for her contributions as one of the few female chief brewers in Japan in taking over the art of making sake.