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New Ume Sake Japanese Kit Kat features the flavour of traditional plum wine…with a twist
- Oona McGee
Apr 26, 2018 - Tweet
Move over Sake Kit Kats, there’s a new Plum Sake in town.
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- (chocolate • food • Hidetoshi Nakata • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • Nestle Japan • plum wine • sake • sweets • umeshu)
Tokyo restaurant has all-you-can-drink sake and all-you-can-eat sushi, and all of our love
- Casey Baseel
Apr 25, 2018
Located not far from the Tokyo Skytree, this might just be our favorite place on Earth.
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- (alcohol • all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • bars • COK • food • restaurants • sake • SNOJ • sushi)
Japanese sake now comes in incense form for Buddhist rituals
- Oona McGee
Apr 2, 2018
Perfect for purifying your home and sending wafts of alcohol to deceased friends in the afterlife.
Häagen-Dazs’ upcoming traditional Japanese sweets cafe in Tokyo has our mouths watering already
- Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2018
Delicious-looking desserts make use of sake, mochi, and more.
12 female sake brewers team up for project to promote their woman-made sake【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2018
Less than 50 sake breweries in Japan are female-owned, and this crowdfunding project offers a chance to sample brews from a dozen of them.
New line of super-Japanese chocolates comes infused with wasabi, sake, and even seaweed
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2018
Plus tried-and-true dessert flavors like green tea and cherry blossom.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • chocolate • COK • cool • food • green tea • sake • sakura • sweets • weird)
Dassai sake matcha truffles bring two esteemed Japanese companies together for limited time
- Oona McGee
Feb 5, 2018
Premium Japanese rice wine and high-quality powdered green tea make for a truffle that’s bursting with traditional flavours.
Don’t know which sake to drink? These handy flavor charts help you pick by region of Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2018
Here’s a great way to start wading into the deep waters of the sake world.
This Valentine’s Day, wow your special someone with boozy samurai warlord chocolates!
- Dale Roll
Jan 25, 2018
They’re tasty, pretty, educational, AND contain liquor, so they’re guaranteed to please!
- Japan
- (chocolate • Japanese food • Japanese history • liquor • sake • samurai • sengoku era • valentine chocolate • Valentine's Day)
Real-life sake brands become handsome anime boys who promise to “get you drunk” for new series
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2018
Japan’s most popular sake is part of ensemble cast.
Japanese sake with a basketball anime connection is flying off the shelves in China
- Krista Rogers
Jan 16, 2018
Chinese consumers have been buying up a certain brand of sake in staggering numbers due to an unexpected link with hit basketball anime Slam Dunk.
Japan’s most popular sake brand runs full-page ad asking people to stop paying so much for it
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2017
The goal of advertising is usually to increase sales, but for Dassai a love of sake, and customers, is more important.
Caffé latte with sake: the newest way to relax in Kyoto
- Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2017
After a long day of sightseeing in Japan’s former capital, don’t forget to try this Japanese take on Irish coffee right across the street from Kyoto Station.
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- (alcohol • bars • cafes • cocktails • coffee • Kyoto • Kyoto tower • restaurants • sake • travel)
Sake ads show what it’s like to have a long-distance relationship with a Japanese woman 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 17, 2017
Your beautiful girlfriend gets changed, has dinner and drinks sake while chatting to you on a video call.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • dating • Gekkeikan • girlfriends • Japanese women • love • marketing • relationships • sake • video)
Brand-new premium sake Kit Kats are out in Japan, and they’re amazing【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2017
But how well do they pair with their liquid inspiration? SoraNews24’s Meg finds out.
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- (chocolate • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • Meg • sake • sweets • taste test)
Triumph lingerie company creates sake underwear using fabric made with Japanese rice wine
- Oona McGee
Sep 19, 2017
Finally! Wearable sake!
New Japanese Sake Kit Kat developed by esteemed brewery and famous soccer player
- Oona McGee
Sep 12, 2017
A high-class Kit Kat said to be a cut above Nestlé’s previous sake-flavoured release.
- Japan
- (chocolate • food • Hidetoshi Nakata • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sake • soccer • sweets • Toyama)
Tokyo bike rental/sake merchant combo is a perfect way to explore the city, relax after the ride
- Casey Baseel
May 5, 2017
Start your day with fresh-brewed coffee, fill the afternoon with sightseeing, and end it with delicious sake.
Sake on ice! Akita sake brewery has special brewing process that is spinning up tons of interest
- KK Miller
Apr 17, 2017
Who knew Japanese sake and figure skating would score a perfect 10?
Enjoy sake with ikebana with this English-friendly event series
- Jessica
Mar 8, 2017
It’s not getting drunk, it’s getting cultured! And drunk.
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