Despite the unbearable heat, summer in Japan is the season for a lot of good stuff–including food. One thing I had wanted to do for sometime was to go to a small coastal city during the uni or sea urchin season and indulge myself. So, before going to Ichinoseki, I took a wide detour and [...]
Quest for Uni
July 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Food · Restaurant reviews · Sake · Travel
Hitakami: A fascinating first kura from Miyagi at our benkyokai
September 29th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Sorry, it’s been a while since last update at our site, but we have been away for a holiday to tropical islands where it is too hot to enjoy sake. Instead, our daily beer consumption went up during August and September. It is now perfect time of the year to get back into sake, and [...]
Tags: Sake