Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asahi, beer, fridge, Guiness, Japan, Kirin, stout, Yebisu on May 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
What’s in my fridge? You guess it … Biiru!
For some reason, I have several brands of beer in my fridge. My favorite beer is Guinness and I just picked up Kirin’s Stout beer from the supermarket – haven’t tried it yet. My two favorite Japanese beers are Yebusi Premium and Asahi Dry.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beer, cherry, food, hanami, Japan, park, party, picnic, sakura, trees, Yoyogi on April 8, 2009 | 11 Comments »
One of the most popular activities during cherry blossom (sakura) season in Japan is hanami (flower viewing), the Japanese tradition of gathering under cherry blossoms to eat, drink, view and be merry – an outdoor drinking party or picnic during the daytime or at night.
As you can imagine, the best spots for hanami are very [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acrobat, Asia, beer, car, events, fish, food, fruits, Hawaii, Italy, Japan, movie, premiere, steel, Thailand, Tokyo, volleyball, wine on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During the summer at Roppongi Hills in the heart of Tokyo, Japan, a variety of events were held at the Roppongi Hills Arena near the TV Asahi building. The events featured live performances, sporting events, exhibits, food and drinks.
The biggest event was the 5th year anniversary of Roppongi Hills and one of the feature performances [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beer, food, Japan, vending-machines on March 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Japan is the land of the vending machines. You can find one or more in every corner and you can buy almost anything from a vending machine. How about beer? Well, of course …
You can buy drinks, ice cream, snacks, CD/DVDs, underwear (I haven’t seen one of these yet – I’ll take [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beer, drinking, food, Japan, nomikai, party, sake on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, some of my Japanese co-workers took me to a restaurant bar in Yamato to officially welcome me to Japan and the team. This type of event is more commonly called nomikai, which is a traditional drinking welcome party. There were several (I lost count) courses of food served, in small dishes [...]
