Comments by "Jordan, inside-outsider in Japan" (@Jordan-inJapan) on "Why Sake is NOT popular in Japan (but is booming overseas)" video.

First of all Greg, I’ve never seen you drink that much! I hope you were OK afterwards. 😆 But seriously, I find it really interesting how the sake industry is adapting to keep up with the evolving tastes of consumers. For example, with sparkling sake, and other more wine-like varieties. But my personal area of interest is those traditional sake breweries that have branched off into beer production as well. Shiga-Kogen beer, for example, produced by the historic sake brewery Tamura Honten, makes some of the best craft beer in Japan. And now I’m getting thirsty. 😅
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@southcoastinventors6583 I haven’t actually…which is strange because they’re made of the same thing and even at the same location sometimes! Boozy chocolate, on the other hand, is quite popular here. (You can get pretty decent rum or brandy tainted chocolate bars at the local コンビニ). I guess people tend to experiment less with traditional Japanese things than with more recent cultural traditions.
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@etherdog Could be a good topic for a future video. 🤔
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@urouroniwa Glad you think so! 🍻 And the cool thing is that some of the people who only know them for beer also end up getting interested in their sake too, so it goes full circle.
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