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Nihonshu 日本酒, or sake as most people know it, is found in most bars and restaurants in Japan.
I generally lean towards atsukan 熱燗 which is hot sake but last night at Sushi in Shibuya I went for the cold stuff, served in a masu which is a wooden, box-like cup.
Whenever it’s served in a masu it’s also accompanied with a saucer underneath as it’s tradition to overfill the cup, great value for money.
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I didn’t really have that much time off over Xmas, only really the national holidays so i didn’t get too far out of my own back yard … with the exception of a day trip on a bus to Mishima which is a few hours south of Tokyo.
One of the guys from my local karaoke bar, who also happens to live in the building next door to me, gave me the heads up about a day trip with the other regulars, why not give it a crack i thought.
It’s usually not my thing and considering i was the youngest person by far i was a bit apprehensive that i’d have a shit time, quiet the opposite, it was lots of fun and for 10,000 not too badly priced.
Once the bus got going at 8am sharp and my neighbour cracked a fresh bottle of whiskey i knew things were on the up.
First stop was at Kazamatsuri station for some food.
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Last night I attended the same function I met the grandson of the founder of Miss Nippon last year. Again it was held at the Keio Plaza hotel and again it was a great night.
I spent the early part of the evening talking to TVK Yokohamas Kyoko Nakayama which was interesting as always and also caught up with the World Extreme Skiing champion Yoshimasa Wada and told him of my recent Snowboarding trips.
The highlight would have to have been meeting Lungtok who apart from being part of the Tibet Olympic Judo Team several years ago, is currently the translator for the Dalai Lama when he is in Japan. Not only was his conversation interesting I was most impressed to hear he was fluent in 5 languages.
Unfortunately the guy in charge of taking the photo was obviously impared with Sake and he managed to take an out of focus photo.
Not unlike last time, the grog and food was put on, and put on very well i might ad. Fast becoming a favourite of mine is Sushi and I only broke away from the Sushi last night to try one thing and that was the Whale Steak. There was a raw option beside the cooked variety but my taste buds weren’t tempted.
Coming from Australia the topic of Whaling came up on several occasions and it was discussed in a mature fashion, more than I can say for the behaviour from the guys from Chasers in this recent clip on youtube. I never have really liked much of their stuff.
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