13 Kagoshima shochu distilleries will be conducting a mini Shochu Street event in Tokyo on March 2nd and 3rd. One thousand yen gets you five drink tickets, an exceptional deal! 12 PM - 7 PM on both March 2nd and 3rd. Kanpai! … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE: Maction Planet Releases Line of Shochu-themed T-shirts
Maction Planet is proud to announce that it is has become the exclusive global distributor of Shochu.Pro apparel. This continues the ongoing collaboration of Maction Planet and Shochu.Pro, which began with providing bespoke Shochu and Sake experiences to Maction Planet Tokyo travel customers. They also recently worked together on the sold-out Maction Planet x Shochu.Pro … [Read more...]
Shinjuku: Shochu’sday
There's a new non-smoking shochu bar in downtown shochu, and the CAST Shochu Meetup group is going to help break it in this Thursday. You have to join the group in order to RSVP, but we can promise that you won't get spammed or anything (as long as you turn off most notifications). ￥3,240 covers an all-you-can-drink session with no time limit. Well, that's not entirely … [Read more...]
HAVESPI
**Editor's note: HAVESPI has been revamped to include sake coolers and does not have nearly as many shochu and awamori brands as it did when this review was first posted nearly four years ago. HAVESPI is perfect for anyone looking to start or extend their shochu and awamori journey. First and foremost, let's start with a detail that is truly rare. This shochu bar is … [Read more...]
New Shochu Bar, HAVESPI, Opens in Shinjuku
Liquor Innovation Co., Ltd. stepped into new territory when the company opened its first all-you-can-drink shochu bar, HAVESPI, on the edge of Shinjuku's lively 3-chome (pronounced san choh may). Just a two second walk from exit C6 of Shinjuku Sanchome subway station (Toei Shinjuku Line), this sixth floor bar has enough space for 60 shochu drinkers. There's also plenty of … [Read more...]