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Sekiya Jôzô
In the waning days of the Edo period (1603~1868) Shitara was a thriving post station and lodging town along the major route from coastal Aichi…
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Celebrating the World of Sake Culture
Issue 21: From the Publisher
A friend who runs a bottle shop recently put a record player by his front window. Storefront windows are valuable spaces for…
Sake Rind-Washed Cheese
Cheese and sake. For most people, it’s not as natural to say (or eat) as ‘wine and cheese’, but SakéOne aims to…
Issue 20: From the Editor
Welcome to the 20th issue of Sake Today! With this issue we wrap up our fifth full year of publishing the best…
Hitachino Beer & Wagyu, April 2019 Events
Hitachino Nest is the world-renowned craft beer brand produced by Kiuchi Shuzo, a multi-generational brewery in Ibaraki that continues to brew premium…
Issue 19: From the Publisher
Travel in Japan, Food & Sake Culture. You may have noticed, but that’s what we changed our subtitle to as of the…
Valley Select
The billowing sea of white stretching for miles proclaims a lush vitality in disjunction with the seemingly dusty landscape of the surrounding…
Breweries, Places to Drink & More
Sekiya Jôzô
In the waning days of the Edo period (1603~1868) Shitara was a thriving post station and lodging town along the major route…
Yeast: complex simplicity II
(photo: the lab at Dassai) In our last issue (ST#17) we looked at the choice of yeast in sake brewing. That…
Yeast: complex simplicity
photo: Kaetsu Shuzô president Shunichi Satô with yeast (in solution) text: by John Gauntner A sake’s aroma might be described as its…
Sake Pairings, Places to Eat & More
Sake and Cheese (and time)
Cheese and sake pairing is growing in popularity. It’s not a ‘classic’ pairing, of course, like sake with oysters, dried fish, or…
Sake and Ethiopian Cuisine
Ethiopian food has grown in such popularity that it’s available in most major cosmopolitan cities around the world, from New York to…
Kasu-Cheese Stuffed Olives
Small chunks of cream cheese marinated in sake kasu (lees) is a staple of sake bars, izakaya and sake-loving homes all over…
Kyoto Sake Snacks
Kyoto is rich with small eateries and tiny bars. Some of them are hidden away, perhaps even intimidating to enter. But if…
Sake Guides, Tours, City Guides
Miyagi Travel: in the Footsteps of Basho
Sendai, Miyagi is a party town. Its ample bars and boisterous streets at least give that immediate impression to visitors with a…
Exploring Japan’s Other Coast: Shimane
The prefecture of Shimane stretches over 1,000km along the western coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu. Its shoreline scenery runs…
Saga Ceramics
Saga, a small, rural prefecture in a quiet corner of Japan, is not known for tourism riches. Outdoor adventurers may feel drawn…
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