Travelers to Japan should consider a side trip to shop and eat in Niigata, one of the country’s most rewarding food ...

So how should we drink it? Believe it or not, chilled or over crushed ice, with room temperature coming in as a third option. And which should we drink? That part is a bit more of a challenge as I don ...

NIIGATA—Young brewers are trying to breathe fresh air into the struggling local sake industry here that once made waves across the nation. Sake sales are on a downward trend across the nation, even in ...

FARM8 Corporation will start selling SAKEPOST Gachapon Sake, a prize of Niigata sake with illustrations of the players, from the Oisix Niigata Albirex Baseball Club’s home opener on 23 and 24 March.

Visitors to one of Tokyo’s fanciest shopping areas can plan a trip further afield at a prefectural information center in operation since summer. The Niigata, a short walk from Ginza Station, opened in ...

The Koshino Shukura train aims to transport passengers — less to a destination than to a state of giddy intoxication. It’s one of Japan’s 44 “Joyful Trains” — on-rail experiences themed around a ...

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NIIGATA--A brewer in this renowned sake-producing area is trying out novel flavors for sake, such as pizza, in the hopes of tickling the taste buds of a much wider range of consumers. Lagoon Brewery ...

It was right after the Lunar New Year, an auspicious time for ceremonies, and we huddled under umbrellas as a Shinto priest ...

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