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“Alcohol is the best medicine” removed from Japanese government website
- Master Blaster
Jun 24, 2026 - Tweet
A few beers a day keeps the doctor away, because you forgot your appointment.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • crazy • culture • funny • government • health • history • National Tax Agency • sake • weird • wellness)
Japan now sells…sake made with moth poop?!?
- Oona McGee
Mar 30, 2026
Moth poo and cherry blossom leaves are the secret ingredients in Secret Spring.
- Japan
- (brewery • cherry blossoms • chuhicha • cool • drinks • Fukushima • Haccoba • insect tea • insects • Japanese sake • moth poo • moths • sake • sake brewery • sakura • weird)
The fish in rural Fukui that rivals Japan’s most auspicious sea bream
- Elliot Hale
Feb 28, 2026
This Obama delicacy impresses with its sashimi-like flavor, which is almost unthinkable for a preserved food.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • food and drinks • Fukui • Hayaseura • Kodai no Sasazuke • local food • Marukai • Obama • regional food • rice wine • Saba Kaido • Sakahomare • sake • sasazuke • sea bream • SNJO • souvenir • tai • Tasuku Egawa • Wakasa)
How to make fancy matcha sake chocolates with just 15 minutes of real work【Recipe】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 13, 2026
Matcha mirin nama chocolate sounds, looks, and tastes fancy, but is super-easy to make.
- Japan
- (chocolate • cooking • cooking sake • cool • crazy • food • ganache • green tea • matcha • matcha sweets • mirin • nama choco • nama chocolate • recipe • rice wine • sake • sweets • weird)
Should you dip your cake in sake? One Japanese brewer says no, but actually yes【 Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 5, 2026
145-year-old Niigata brewery gives us some confusing but intriguing advice.
Tokyo station platform to transform into sake bar with hot drinks, hot oden, and hot kotatsu
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2025
Limited-time event returns to Ryogoku this winter.
- Japan
- (alcohol • atsukan • cool • crazy.warm • drinks • food • hot sake • kotatsu • oden • Ryogoku • sake • stations • trains)
Japanese convenience store chain has beer and sake dispensers that few people know about
- Oona McGee
Dec 4, 2025
Shhh…don’t let anyone know we told you about the secrets you can find inside New Days.
- Japan
- (beer • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • cool • hidden gems • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • New Days • sake • SNJO • stations • trains • travel • Ueno Station)
Gacha capsule sake shop opening in Tokyo to serve up randomized rice wine and liqueurs
- Casey Baseel
Aug 18, 2025
When you know you want a drink, but don’t know which one, Kurand will be there to help.
Lawson’s exclusive sparkling sake in a can is filled with surprises
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2025
Summer Fall’s Yuzu Bubbles blends California sun with Japanese tradition for an unusual beverage.
- Japan
- (California • COK • combini • convenience store finds • convenience stores • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • sake • sake in a can • SNJO • sparkling sake • Summer Fall • taste test • yuzu)
Sake bread and cakes, using one of Japan’s best brews, can only be bought at one Tokyo bakery
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2025
The star of the Yamaguchi sake scene shows up in Shinjuku baked goods, and we’re ready for a trio of taste tests.
- Japan
- (alcohol • anpan • bread • cake • COK • Dassai • drinks • food • hotels • keio plaza hotel • sake • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Studio Ghibli releases Japanese sake flask and cup set for anime lovers
- Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2025
Porco Rosso steals the spotlight with a tokkuri and ochoko you won’t find anywhere else.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese sake • manga • ochoko • Porco Rosso • sake • sake set • Studio Ghibli • tokkuri • Totoro)
Tokyo’s Sakeice O’Choco alcoholic hot chocolate both does and doesn’t contain “sake”
- Casey Baseel
Feb 14, 2025
A lot of linguistics, and a lot of flavor, goes into each and every cup of this dessert drink (and there’s room for debate about the cup too).
- Japan
- (alcohol • chocolate • drinks • hot chocolate • Japanese language • linguistics • sake • Sakeice • shochu • sweets)
Yokohama’s iconic Red Brick Warehouse is now transformed into a hotpot and sake tasting venue
- Krista Rogers
Jan 28, 2025
Sample some of the best regional variations of nabe and sake in a Showa-retro space at this event perfect for the middle of winter.
- Japan
- (Akarenga • community • dining • hotpot • kotatsu • nabe • Red Brick Warehouse • sake • Showa • winter • Yokohama)
Makers of Dassai to brew sake in space and sell 100 milliliters for 100 million yen
- Master Blaster
Dec 22, 2024
To boldly brew where no one has brewed before…
- Japan
- (Asahi Shuzo • Dassai • International Space Station • ISS • Japanese Experiment Module • nihonshu • sake • sake brewing • science • space)
Kenbishi Shuzo sake brewery commits to production of traditional wooden sake barrels
- Krista Rogers
Dec 11, 2024
One of Japan’s oldest breweries carries on the craft as UNESCO registers Japanese sake brewing as Intangible Cultural Heritage this month.
- Japan
- (alcohol • barrel • craft • culture • Hyogo • Intangible Cultural Heritage • Kenbishi Shuzo • sake • UNESCO • UNESCO World Heritage)
Drink hot sake at Tokyo train station’s “phantom platform”
- Oona McGee
Dec 9, 2024
A special winter drinking event you won’t want to miss.
- Japan
- (atsukan • COK • cool • events • food • hot sake • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese sake • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • oden • restaurants • Ryogoku • Ryogoku Station • sake • Tokyo • train stations • trains • unique • unusual • winter)
Japan’s favorite cheap sake is now an alcoholic ice cream
- Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2024
You can get your One Cup Ozeki ice cream in a cup, but not a cone.
This Japanese pub with one-yen bottles of sake broke our brain and made our day
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2024
We have no idea how this is possible, but we’re oh so happy it is.
- Japan
- (alcohol • awesome • bars • cheap • COK • cool • crazy • izakaya • nihonshu • pubs • restaurants • sake • SNJO)
Japanese sake brewery helps to create a stunning bento meal
- Oona McGee
Jul 19, 2024
Centuries of brewing experience makes traditional Japanese food taste better than ever before.
- Japan
- (bento • boxed lunches • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese supermarkets • Kunimare • mackerel • obento • saba • sake • sake brewery • SNJO • supermarket food • supermarkets • taste test)
Sake milk shakes return to Japan’s Mos Burger with the Shinsei Dassai Mazeru Shake
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2024
After three years apart, Dassai and Mos Burger are teaming up again.
- Japan
- (amazake • Asahi Shuzo • COK • Dassai • drinks • fast food • food • milk shakes • nihonshu • sake • sake milk shake • sweets)
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