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Uka Sake: Closing the Circle on a Trans-Pacific Rice-Growing Legacy
Rice farmer Ross Koda’s immigrant grandfather Keisaburo was larger-than-life, a pioneering rice f…
Nancy Matsumoto • May 30, 2023
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Masato Aso, working to popularize shochu in the American market
Putting shochu on a par with distilled spirits around the world There are many different types of J…
Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 24, 2022
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Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community
Umeshu: Drinking Past and Present
Every summer I drive to the local Japanese markets to look for them—the small, green ume that are o…
Cody Uyeda • July 11, 2022
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Sake to me, baby
Nancy Matsumoto readily admits she’s a lightweight when drinking alcohol. “It’s ironic, that I wrot…
Gil Asakawa • June 30, 2022
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Challenging Times at British Columbia's YK3 Brewery
In February of 2018, I visited YK3, a small sake brewery in Victoria, British Columbia headed by …
Nancy Matsumoto • May 7, 2021
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UMÊ-SHÛ by AIKO, the incomparable Brazilian plum liqueur
An apprentice philosopher says that “old age, among other qualities, brings knowledge and wisdom!” …
Katsuo Higuchi • Feb. 1, 2019
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History of Gekkeikan Sake - from Kyoto to America
“During the New Year holiday season, Maneki and Nikko Low served Sake and relish free of charge t…
Misa Murohashi • Jan. 1, 2019
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The culture and pleasure of sake
A bottle can contain an ancient tradition to take to any corner of the planet. Sake, the emblematic…
Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 11, 2015
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