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Part 10: Kikkoman Brazil: Delivering Deliciousness Globally

In the 10th episode, we spoke with Hideyuki Ozaki, President of Kikkoman Brazil Commerce and Indu…

Tomoko Oura • March 29, 2024

alcoholic beverages beverages Brazil business economics food Japanese business enterprises Japanese food management sake São Paulo soy sauce wine

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

alcoholic beverages beverages liquors sake Uka Sake (brand)

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No. 29 Rakugo in Three Languages ~ Japanese-American Female Rakugo Artist Ramuone

Vibrant Although there are not many attempts to perform rakugo in English, it seems to have become…

Ryusuke Kawai • May 26, 2023

beverages Brazil dekasegi foreign workers humor Japan Japanese Brazilians Nikkei in Japan rakugo ramune storytelling

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

alcoholic beverages beverages business economics Iichiko USA (firm) liquors management shochu United States

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

alcoholic beverages beverages liquors plum wines traditions umeshu

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

alcoholic beverages beverages Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake (book) liquors Nancy Matsumoto sake wine

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

alcoholic beverages beverages breweries British Columbia Canada liquors New Zealand sake Victoria (B.C.) YK3 Sake Producer (brewery) Yoshiaki Kasugai Yoshihiro Kawamura Yuki Kobayashi Zenkuro (firm)

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

alcoholic beverages beverages Brazil food Japanese food liquors plum wines umeboshi umeshu

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

alcoholic beverages beverages business California economics Gekkeikan Sake (firm) Japanese Americans liquors management New Year sake United States

Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

Calpis, Torikawa, and Yūrei: An Osaka Summer

Memories that inextricably tie together food, family, and childhood can be some of our most lasting…

Mari L'Esperance • Sept. 25, 2017

beverages Calpis (beverage) Discover Nikkei food Itadakimasu 2 (series) Japan Japanese food Nikkei Chronicles (series) Whisper of the Heart (film)

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