Pre-register for this exciting shochu event! Japan House London teams up with the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association to bring you a live online seminar and distillery tour featuring Japan-based experts Stephen Lyman and Christopher Pellegrini. Pellegrini will begin with a brief, interactive introduction to Japan's indigenous spirit, shochu, and Lyman will narrate a … [Read more...]
Landmark Sake Future Summit features 11 critical shochu and awamori episodes
**Updated January 1st, 2021 Sponsored by the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (JSS), the Sake Future Summit was a nearly non-stop live broadcast starting at 11 AM JST on Saturday (Nov 21st) and running straight through until 6 PM Sunday (Nov 22nd). And it's 100% dedicated to kokushu (Japan's national beverages)! The Sake Future Summit's (SFS) mission is to … [Read more...]
Nankai Gold Collects Medals
Nankai Group in California is currently the leading importer of honkaku kokuto shochu in the United States. Founded by Paul and Mai Nakayama, the company imports two kokuto shochu expressions produced by Machida Shuzo on Amami Oshima in Southern Japan. While the standard expression, Nankai Shochu, has had its fair share of success on the spirits competition circuit, it's the … [Read more...]
List of Amami Kokuto Shochu Distilleries
Here are the 28 distilleries making kokuto shochu in the Amami Islands (Kagoshima Prefecture). The distilleries are spread across five separate islands in the Amami chain. They are listed alphabetically here. Most of these distilleries are not easily accessible without a car. Fortunately, most of these places have at least one guest parking space available. Want a more … [Read more...]
Shochu Pros: Shochu’sday Kanpai on Instagram Live!
Tune in at 9 PM Tuesday (EST) as Jesse Falowitz joins the live show to talk about his company, Mizunomai, which produces a trio of delicious shochu made in Saga, Japan. Follow @shochu_danji or search for his handle to watch the show live. Kanpai! … [Read more...]