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April 7, 2020

What a crazy roller coaster ride these last few weeks have been. And it ain't...

February 27, 2015

People in Japan are cuckoo for beer. It remains the most popular alcoholic beverage in...

February 19, 2015

As a Japanese person, I love to drink. The first time I traveled to the...

January 15, 2015

When MUJI came to us last year to put on a collaborative event together, Yoko...

June 23, 2014

Instead of reaching there via a Wardrobe route, Nagoya is about a two-hour bullet train...

March 3, 2014

My alcohol tolerance is not what it used to be, sadly. The morning after a...

February 19, 2014

We made it! After a restless 16 hours of travel -- I read this month's...

February 10, 2014

I've lived in the Grand Lake district of Oakland for four years now, and we've...

December 31, 2013

When Old Man Winter's icy digit stops mercury from rising, I am reminded of a...

December 20, 2013

Once you are through slurping down mugs of Tom & Jerry bowls and hot buttered...

November 18, 2013

UPDATED 11/19/13, 8:47pm We get a lot of phone calls about where to buy shochu...

November 8, 2013

2 oz Irish whisky (Jameson, Bushmills, etc.) 1/2 lime, squeezed A few dashes of Peychuad's...