Come with us as we explore the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum. We decided to stop here on our way back from Uji. When you first enter the museum head up to the desk and buy your tickets (we didn’t need ...

The word ‘samurai’ evokes the image of a noble warrior in medieval Japan, armed with two types of sword, and bound to a moral code underpinned by the values of honour, loyalty and sacrifice. The word ...

An Irishman who was tragically killed after being hit by a vehicle in Thailand on Monday has been named locally as 54-year-old Neil More O'Ferrall. He had been badly injured after he was struck by ...

It can be sweet. It can be tangy. And as of December, it has also been enshrined by UNESCO. The United Nation’s culture agency placed sake, the iconic Japanese drink, on its list of “intangible ...

What better scenario, then, than the Japanese civil war (1477-1600), where samurai and ninjas (known as shinobi) were fighting each other? Yet when the premiere trailer for Assassin’s Creed ...

The government in Tokyo has stepped in, introducing a network of brand ambassadors—or “sake samurai"—to help promote ... whisky to such an extent that a bottle of Suntory’s Yamazaki ...

A Northern Ireland drugs baron caught with more than £500,000 of cocaine can finally be revealed. Lorry driver Brian ‘Jock’ Morrison is due to be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court after ...

OSAKA, Japan—The Japanese have been drinking sake since the eighth century. Back then, it was believed the rice-based liquor warded off ghosts. Today, it has a stronger spirit to contend with ...

Sake producers are struggling to find a way to keep the party going as whisky continues to gain ground among drinkers in the country.

The first Samurai Daisho is located in the southeastern corner of the castle grounds, very close to where we think the best entry point as Naoe is described above. He patrols back and forth and is ...