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2012 Golden Masu Awards
2012 zipped by in a flash. Where has the time gone!? I can only stare into the bottom of my empty sake cup and wonder. For me, this year was a whirlwind of great sakes, old and new. It’s also been a year of learning and teaching. I’m discovering that sharing my love and passion ...
- Exploring Sake in Glorious Gifu
- Koyoido Sake “Toy Box” Ceramics Exhibition in Kyoto
- Visiting Tomita Shuzo – Shiga’s Shichihonyari
- Visiting Shata Shuzo – Ishikawa’s Tengumai
- Visiting Miyasaka Brewery – Nagano’s Masumi
Interviews»
Interview: Philip Harper – Toji, Kinoshita Brewery
Philip Harper is well known in the world of sake as Japan’s first foreign-born Master Sake Brewer or Toji. He arrived in Japan in 1988 to teach English on the Jet Program and later began working in sake breweries. By 2001 he had passed the test to become a Toji and since 2008 he’s been ...
- Interview: Kazuhiro Sakurai, Dassai Sake Brewery
- Interview: Junko Igarashi, Sake Sommelier
- Interview: Koji Kawakami, Yoshinogawa Sake Brewery
- Interview: Kazuo Matsuura, Honke Matsuura Brewery
- Interview: Jihei Isawa, Katsuyama Brewery