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Tokyo’s Sakeice O’Choco alcoholic hot chocolate both does and doesn’t contain “sake”

Tokyo’s Sakeice O’Choco alcoholic hot chocolate both does and doesn’t contain “sake”

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).

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Japan’s unique tradition of bottle keep, where your drink literally has your name on it

Japan’s unique tradition of bottle keep, where your drink literally has your name on it

It started with bars, but now even family restaurants are getting in on the act.

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Starbucks teams up with Japanese shochu brewery for a whole new coffee experience

The only Starbucks in the world to be powered by sweet potatoes.

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New canned cocktail designed to perfectly pair with Japanese food, created with AI【Taste test】

Kirin’s Jojo Shochu Soda is here, but did the AI know what it was doing?

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Shochu brand Iichiko produces an anime short which leaves us warm and fuzzy inside

The story focuses on a father-daughter relationship, future dreams, and how two long-running Iichiko poster advertisements connect them all.

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We turn this non-alcoholic lemon chu-hai into a mixer, find the perfect alcohol for it

And shochu wasn’t it!

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Exquisite Fist of the North Star shochu set on sale for limited time

Shochu and ceramics so good, your head will explode.

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Move over senbero, it’s time for a “manbero” with 10 times the money!【Japan’s Best Home Senbero】

More money, more problems.

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It’s a boozy bare-bones senbero from OK discount store!【Japan’s Best Home Senbero】

And this time it’s personal.

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Suntory’s brilliant new canned cocktail is made specifically to taste great with fried chicken

Beverage giant seeks to make Japanese-style karaage fried chicken and chu-his an even better combination.

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Coca-Cola Company releases new line of alcoholic drinks in Japan, and we’ve tried it

Hard liquor is a key ingredient in Coca-Cola’s new line of Japan-only canned cocktails.

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Alcoholic Coca-Cola set to go on sale in Japan as company enters the canned cocktail market

Japan likes its carbonated drinks with a kick, so here comes the Coca-Cola chu-hi.

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Goldfish style: The elegant way to drink shochu in Japan

Drinking method is beautiful to look at–and could help mask the taste of burning alcohol.

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Amazing Tokyo restaurant offers all-you-can-drink beer plans starting at less than a buck

This may be the best deal ever for fans of beer and shochu sours who’re tight on cash and time.

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Lettuce makes tasty booze and other discoveries at a new all-you-can-drink shochu bar

Lettuce shochu counts as a vegetable, right?

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Drinky: The South Korean robot ready to share a glass of booze with lonely drinkers 【Video】

With this mechanical friend, you’ll never have to drink alone!

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We drown and freeze our troubles at the same time with alcoholic shochu shaved ice

We were feeling a little blue yesterday. You see, the RocketNews24 office is just a short walk away from the Isetan department store in Tokyo’s Shinjuku. Earlier in the week, we’d stopped by to see the ferociously cuddly stuffed Godzilla that had been on display, but sadly, August 5 was his last day at Isetan.

It was sad to be parted from the King of the Plush Monsters, but as the saying goes, God never closes a door without opening a window. Or in this case, a bottle, because Isetan also has something that can drown the sorrow in our hearts while cooling us off in the oppressive summer heat: alcoholic shaved ice with shochu.

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Kick back with a glass of Godzilla shochu alcohol

Godzilla wants to pour you his own variety of shochu alcohol to celebrate his latest film’s worldwide success. To date, Godzilla has brought in US$477.6 million at the box office worldwide. Japan’s Konishi Brewing Company is marking the occasion by re-releasing its Choujugura shochu in a special collector’s edition Godzilla porcelain bottle.

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“RAAA”: The most appropriate name for a habanero pepper-flavored 34 percent alcohol drink

Hombo Shuzo is a prestigious distiller founded in 1872 in Kagoshima Prefecture, the birthplace of one of Japan’s most beloved drinks: shochu. The company had won several medals at last year’s International Wine and Spirit Competition including a gold medal for their exquisitely smooth one-year-old Arawaza Sakurajima.

And to celebrate, this distinguished group has released perhaps their classiest drink to date. It’s an imo shochu (sweet potato shochu) with a thick bouquet of one of the world’s spiciest peppers, the habanero, and it’s name is Satsuma No Haoh RAAA.

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Japan’s Favorite Alcohol: Beer Outranks Japanese Rice Wine and Shochu

When asked to pick your poison what do you choose? In a recent survey, people in Japan were asked to select their favorite alcoholic beverage. The results, as we’ll see after the break, were quite surprising.

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