Japan launches nationwide competition to boost alcohol consumption

[Cid]

You can spend a fortune on some absolute diesel but I have had some surprisingly nice stuff, albeit nearly always homebrew.

Yeah, I mean it's a broad category, it's just when someone get's out the 1000rmb bottle and your mouth says 'oh my lord of fuck what have you done to me?'. There are few prestige drinks with that capacity.

 

[Elpenor]

I have read a recent account of a business traveller to Japan on a travel forum I post on. It sounds a right mess.

Here’s the link, in case it’s of interest to what it’s like as an overseas visitor (a business one in this case)

Japan during pandemic

I arrived last week to Japan and suffice to say it’s not the same as it used to be. Not at least is that you can easily feel out of place as not many foreigners. Conrad Tokyo I stayed at Conrad Tokyo for three nights. General impression is that standards…

www.headforpoints.com

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Sake is the worst kind of booze there is. Well, maybe not the worst overall but the worst that doesn't at least have the decency to also be cheap.

only ever had the stuff from a milk carton container given to me by a touring band.