Sake On Air

Translating Taste with Arline Lyons

Arline Lyons never expected to be the go-to translator for sake related writings coming out of Japan, but remix Mr. Crichton, “sake finds a way.”...

Mixing Shochu with Bartender Soran Nomura

How do we effectively promote Japan’s indigenous beverages? That is the million-dollar question and something the

Bubbling in the Moromi with Martin Sturma

Martin Sturma’s path to kurabito life at Shimizu Seizaburo Shoten has been a winding...

Tippsy Sake with Genki Ito & Sachiko Miyagi

Somehow, they’ve done it.

Despite the long list of complex and seemingly impenetrable barriers, the folks at

ARUTEN: On Your Own Terms with Jim Rion

Aruten, arukoru tenka, or the ingredient largely responsible for the need to create a category of junmai sake in the first place, is sake that...