How to choose sake (with pictures)
How do you explain the taste of sake to someone who has never drunk it? It’s a pressing question for anyone working to popularize sake… Read More »How to choose sake (with pictures)
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What is kintsugi?
It’s safe to say that kintsugi is one of the more obscure Japanese arts. I’ve had blank stares even when I mention it to Japanese… Read More »What is kintsugi?
Time for Sake Tourism?
There are about 1300 sake breweries in Japan. How many of them actively welcome Japanese tourists? Not many. How many of them welcome foreign tourists?… Read More »Time for Sake Tourism?
Selling Japan Tourism at World Travel Market 2013
Last November I was at London’s World Travel Market to report on Japan’s booth for the Japan Journal. (Scroll down for the full story). WTM… Read More »Selling Japan Tourism at World Travel Market 2013
Sake labels: Q&A with Neil Tully, wine label designer
Sake labels that work in Japan don’t always work for overseas markets. As sake appears on the cusp of a major export boom, could it… Read More »Sake labels: Q&A with Neil Tully, wine label designer
Philip Harper – Sake Brewer
Philip Harper was introduced at the Daiwa-Anglo Japanese Foundation in London as “a very unusual man”. That’s a bit of an understatement. He’s the only… Read More »Philip Harper – Sake Brewer
Urban Farming in Tokyo
Some VERY urban farming! Tokyo’s Roppongi must be one of the most urban places in the world, so I was a little surprised to be… Read More »Urban Farming in Tokyo
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