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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...
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1,500 yen will get you all the plum wine you can drink, may or may not make...
Japan is a great place to be a drinker, and not just because of the excellent public transportation and lack of social stigma about enjoying a beer in the park. The selection is also fantastic, as the...
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Mr Sato invents ingenious “life hack” for sneaking alcohol at work
Picture the scene. It’s 5pm on a Friday evening and you really, REALLY need (and deserve) a cold beer to reward yourself after a hard week’s work. But what’s that? Oh no! The boss wants you to do...
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Attack on sobriety! Attack on Titan teams up with plum wine maker for new...
Along with its naked giants and high-flying fight scenes, anime and manga mega hit Attack on Titan is defined by its oppressively bleak atmosphere. Its world is one in which not only do rampaging...
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Attack on sobriety: Round 2! This time, plum wine/juice with limited edition...
Hot off the heels of our previous announcement surrounding the upcoming release of Attack on Titan-themed plum wine (umeshu), we’ve got another lead on two limited edition sets of the hit...
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Kyoto tea store collaborates with local winemaker to create deliciously green...
The green white wine is part of a range of matcha-based alcoholic beverages which include chocolate liqueur, Japanese sake and umeshu plum wine. Right now is a good time for green tea-lovers to be in...
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New Ume Sake Japanese Kit Kat features the flavour of traditional plum...
Move over Sake Kit Kats, there’s a new Plum Sake in town. Back in 2016, the tastebuds of the world were delighted to welcome the brand new Sake Kit Kat, which contained 0.8 percent alcohol and the...
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KitKat Bar opens in Tokyo, serves new Japanese Umeshu Plum Sake KitKats with...
First-ever KitKat-cocktail pairings are part of a range of special offerings to celebrate the new alcoholic chocolates ahead of their nationwide release. Earlier this year, Nestlé Japan announced...
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Japanese VTuber Usada Pekora’s new plum wine has a label drawn by Madoka’s...
Otaku across the generations can appreciate this plum wine, sourced from hundred-year-old plum trees! Umeshu, or plum wine, is a delicious alcoholic beverage enjoyed throughout Japan. Tart and with a...
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Suntory to release new Yamazaki smoke-barrel aged plum liqueur in limited...
The perfect drink for fans of both peaty whisky and ume-shu! Japan has a pretty serious liquor industry. Besides sake, beer, and shochu (a liquor made from sweet potatoes, rice, or barley), the...
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