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Hiyaoroshi Meets India: Tandoori Mushroom & Paneer
As summer gives way to autumn in Japan, sake also begins to change.Hiyaoroshi is a seasonal sake rel...
Unagi & Warm Sake: A Japanese Summer Tradition
Summer in Japan is hot, humid — and somehow, it is also the season for eating one of Japan’s richest...
Amazake: Japan’s Sweet Summer Tonic
When people see the word amazake, they often focus on the final part: sake. Surely it must be alco...
Summer Sake: Goldfish, Penguins and a Glass Over Ice
Japan has not even fully left the rainy season, but the air is already heavy with humidity and the t...
Sake World Day 🍶✨
Konnichiwa, beautiful people! 🌸October 1st is no ordinary day — it is Sake World Day, or Nihonshu no...
Celebrating Japan Month
Konnichiwa, beautiful people! 🌸September has arrived, and with it comes the magic of Japan Month! Th...
A Taste of Japan in Delhi: Mindful Moments, Sake, and My First Saree
Konnichiwa, beautiful people!I still remember walking into H.E. ONO Keiichi, Ambassador of Japan’s r...
Japanese Sake meets Italian Flavours in Delhi
Konnichiwa! 🌸 An Afternoon of Sake & Italian Culinary DelightsI’m Malvika Sankpal, Coordinator, ...
Independence Day Special: Sake as a Cultural Expression of Freedom, Memory, and Identity
“August 15th”marks a powerful moment in India’s history - “Independence Day”, a national celebratio...
Summer Sake: Why Nama-Zake Is Japan’s Seasonal Delight
In Japan, summer isn’t just a season — it’s a moment of freshness, clarity, and renewal. And nothing captures that better than Nama-zake, or unpasteurized sake.
(“Zake” is simply the voiced form of “sake” — a common sound shift in Japanese when compounded with other words.)