Spotlights and Deep-Dives

If there had to be a singular insider's Sake that had nothing to do with how inaccessible or how difficult it was to get hands on, but instead sq...

  "He who brings the kola nut, brings life.”   so goes the West African saying, where the kola nut is revered culturally for its ability to give e...

  In the cold of Niigata, central Japan, a little distillery - amongst the smallest of the country, in fact - is running left where its peers are ...

  Kumamoto is best known to visitors for its hot spring towns, and of course its easily recognisable black bear mascot (whose name is actually Kum...

  Kunikiku Amazake (国菊甘酒), Hiramatsu Sake (比良松), Sen Nen No Nemuri Mugi (Barley) Shochu (千年の眠り), Takamine Koji Whiskey, Amagi Rum, Shindo Japanese...

  It was the turn of the millennium, with much anticipation abound about what the next 1,000 years of the world would bring with it - of course, m...

  Every year, Whisky Talk Fukuoka draws tens of thousands of whisky lovers from all across Japan and the really the world to the biggest and most ...

  Akkeshi Distillery  Akkeshi, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan Note: Our Distillery Spotlight articles breaks down how each distillery's unique pro...

  Paper maker Tokushu Tokai Paper is no small guppy - the company has been around for about 120 years and owns bar none the largest privately-held...

  Unlike the craft Japanese distillers and the sizeable Japanese whisky distilling giants, Yamazakura's whiskies sit somewhere in between. Their w...

  Okinawa is a set of islands off the southern coast of Japan. It is steeped in a deep local tradition, and often finds itself culturally distinct...

  Sake has been made in Japan for over 2,000 years since rice cultivation was introduced to the country, and has since become synonymous with the ...