Go To Drink Tokyo, Junmai ginjō (Blend) The coronavirus pandemic has been hard on the world, and this is of course true of the sake world as well. Brewers have seen plummeting sales, which is bad, and also seen stock back up in their warehouses and tanks, which is very bad. If they don't make... Continue Reading →
Jizake Yokocho – Events in the Age of Corona
On October 3, I was finally able to attend a sake event, the first since the pandemic hit. It was the fourth annual Jizake Yokocho, an event I attended last year--in a much different atmosphere. The scene last year. Until now, Jizake Yokocho was a wide-spread event with kura from all over the Chugoku region... Continue Reading →