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columnIn Champagne, I Become the One Taking Notes
Usually I travel the world to teach about sake. This time was the opposite. As a member of Japan's awa-sake (sparkling sake) association, I went to Champagne to learn — through the Comité Champagne, the traditional house of De Sousa, and the natural-champagne pioneer Marguet. A dispatch from Nanbu Bijin's Kosuke Kuji.
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columnThe Night I Paired Sake with Burgers in Chile
"Sake goes with burgers," a chef in coastal Chile said, matter-of-factly. From beachside burger nights to an embassy tasting, casual and formal are moving at once — and nowhere in the world is sake spreading faster. A dispatch from Kosuke Kuji's third trip to Chile.
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columnThe Night I Became Waldo in Los Angeles
A sake festival in Los Angeles where the brewmaster plays the role of Waldo from "Where's Waldo?" A new kind of event — born from an e-commerce startup — marks the moment Japanese sake shifts from the one searching to the one being searched for.
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columnTaking Root on the Other Side of the World
22 years after first bringing Nanbu Bijin to São Paulo, Kosuke Kuji returns to Brazil and finds sake quietly taking its place on a two-Michelin-star wine pairing list in Rio. A column about what it really means to take root.
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columnThe Night I Poured Sake at a Holocaust Museum in Texas
A night pouring Nanbu Bijin at a Holocaust museum in Houston. From getting kosher certified 13 years ago to discovering the essence of sake brewing — Kosuke Kuji's notes from Texas.
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newsNiigata Gastronomy Award 2026 Winners Announced — 168 Restaurants and 21 Producers Honored
Winners of the Niigata Gastronomy Award 2026 announced. Tokiwa Zushi Niigata won the restaurant Grand Prix, and Uchiyama Farm took the primary industry Grand Prix.
KAMPAI Certified venues
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Certified 人形町・門前仲町・葛西KOROKKE TO MENTAIKO
立ち飲み
A five-minute walk from Monzen-Nakacho Station. Opened April 2021 and reopened as a standi
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Certified Tokyo Station / Marunouchi / NihonbashiMOTO TOKYO
日本酒バー
Moto TOKYO brings together premium sake from across Japan with authentic Japanese cuisine
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Certified Koganei / Kokubunji / KunitachiPLATSTAND MOTO
立ち飲み
Two minutes from Kichijoji Station. Since 2013, now celebrating 12 years with a 2025 stand
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Certified Ningyocho / Monzennakacho / KasaiKayabacho Shokudo History by moto
バー・ダイニング
A dining bar by the Moto Group, specializing in sake shops, offering creative dishes that
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Certified Ningyocho / Monzennakacho / KasaiNihonshu Stand MOTO Kayabacho
立ち飲み
Kayabacho: where Edo's sake arrived from Nada ports. After 12+ years in Shinjuku, Nihonshu
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Certified Suidobashi / Iidabashi / KagurazakaWashoku Onodera
割烹・和食
A Japanese restaurant that captures the essence of each season through carefully crafted c