I find myself skipping a few articles that touched on personal matters that, while are fine for the local community, I'm not sure I want out in the whole world. But anyway. Here's a somewhat (but not entirely) belated article about autumn's sake, Hiyaoroshi. 日本酒の季語：ひやおろし…
Continue reading...Despite my best efforts, I am still merely human, and I made mistakes in my book. Some are simple typographical errors, while others are the results of misunderstanding and miscommunication. I am keeping in touch with the publisher about hopefully getting these fixed in future…
Continue reading...Flavour: A User's Guide to Our Most Neglect Sense, by Bob Holmes (I read the UK edition, hence the spelling mismatches you might notice). This is one of those pop-science books, written by a journalist, that catches the imagination but probably requires some caution. It…
Continue reading...Today, 21 February 2023, is the official release date of my first authored book, Discovering Yamaguchi Sake. It's hard to believe the day has finally come. I first conceived of the idea way back in the spring of 2020, when the pandemic was first making…
Continue reading...Last June, I had the honor of joining a few international sake figures on a trip to Yamanashi Prefecture to explore the sake GI there. I found the water focus fascinating, and wrote it up in an article that's now up on Nippon dot com.
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