Sake Guides
Articles on choosing, tasting, serving, and how sake is made. Currently available in Japanese.
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06How to Buy Sake in Japan: A No-Fail Guide for Shops and Travel
You freeze in front of the shelf. The names mean nothing, the prices are all over the place, and you have no idea which bottle to reach for. For most people, the first hurdle with sake isn't the taste. It's the choosing.
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09Sake by Price Range: Choosing a 720ml Bottle for Any Budget
When you pick up a 720ml bottle of sake, it is hard to see where the price differences come from. A ¥1,200 bottle and a ¥4,000 bottle are not separated by "better" and "worse." They are aiming at different things. This article divides 720ml sake into four price bands and lays out, for each budget...
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12How to Choose Sake as a Gift: A Guide to Japan's Gifting Traditions
When giving sake in Japan, the surest way to avoid second-guessing yourself is to settle two things first: who the gift is for, and what the occasion is. The very same bottle calls for different selection criteria (and different gift wrapping) depending on whether it marks a year-end thank-you or...
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18How to Buy and Choose Sake Outside Japan
Outside Japan, no store carries anything close to the range you would find in a Japanese shop. Instead of hunting for a specific brand, you will more often be choosing from whatever happens to be on the shelf. That is exactly why two skills pay off: reading the label and judging how the bottle ha...
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42How to Use Tokuyakuten Sake Shops to Find Limited Releases
Some bottles never show up on a supermarket shelf. You keep hearing the name, but your usual store never seems to carry it. That's the wall anyone hits once they move past the everyday brands: where on earth do you actually buy this?
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43Buying Sake Online or Through a Subscription: How to Choose Without Getting Burned
When you shop online, you can't pick up the bottle and look at it. There's no clerk to ask for advice, and you have no way to check how the bottle was kept warm or cool on its way to you. All you have to go on is whatever the product page tells you. The flip side is that if you know how to read t...
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