Japan Incentive Group

When you travel to Italy and Spain you must try the wine. When you travel to Germany and Belgium you must try the beers and chocolate. When you are in Holland you have cheese. When you are in England you might go to a great Indian restaurant… and then to the pub!

In Japan… well, in Japan we have – sake!

Sake is a drink that is delicate and has a broad range of flavors and tones. But it is not duplicatable. The rice of each year, the water quality, the amount of sun, the magic of fermentation and a dozen processes in-between makes the brewing of sake guesswork, combined with science and artistry, and well-placed prayers to the Shinto gods all around make sake something that is ethereal and temporal. No two years are the same and sake is not meant for long time storage. It is the drink of here-and-now, it is the beverage of the present moment. It is the elixir of the impermanence of all things. So, don’t delay, have a drink. Bottoms up!

Sake is not like a shot of whiskey or vodka. Alcohol contents is around 12-15% so you drink it like a strong wine, and in little quantities. It pairs with all sorts of food – Japanese cuisine, but also with pastas and steaks and all kinds of grilled wonders. Sake can be flavored with fruit, with yuzu and peach so you can pair it with dessert and ice cream too.

Come out with us for a sake-pairing meal. Try a variety of sake and see what you think. It’s a marvelous experience that will give you a new dining experience like no other – and when it is all over, it will never happen again.

Like a flower that blooms and fades and drifts away on the wind. That, dear friends and neighbors, is what a perfect sake-dinner is like.