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I first found out about a sake event called Smile Nihonshu through the Yumegokoro website. The event was held at a reggae bar in Shinjuku and I remember thinking what an odd combination it sounded like. Nihonshu definitely belongs in many settings and occasions, but for some reason, I never associated these two: sake and [...]

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We hosted the third Tokyo Sake Meetup at Ginjo Kura 66 on Saturday, October 13th. Call me lazy for hosting three Meetups in a row at the same spot, but I got really good responses about the place from everyone who attended in the past. For one thing, the sake is so reasonably priced–300 to [...]

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Friday, December 8th was a very special day. For the first time, after the cyber tasting and exchanging email messages, three bloggers, Melinda who lives in Tokyo, Valerie from St. Paul and I enjoyed our first tasting at Buri in Ebisu, along with friends and family mentioned in their blogs. Hopefully, we can do this [...]

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Kura 70 is an event sake standing bar open in Tokyo Station from 16 May through 5 August 2006. The Nihon Ginjo Kyokai presents 70 different sake here from 17:00 to 20:30 L.O., Tuesday through Saturday evenings. JR Tokyo Station, Yaesu Exit, turn left and look for [...]

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