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...says Keiko Takahashi, a Tokyo dermatologist. "We know that our ancestors were using it for hundreds of years." But nobody expected Japan's brewing firms to push sake's alternative use quite so vigorously. "We wanted to promote sake to people who didn't drink it," says Yasuko Okitsu of Fukumitsuya Sake Brewery (ff-style.com), which has at least three rice-based skin-care lines, with some products made with nonalcoholic sake. "Sake is good for the skin and health; it has a lot of benefits...
...says Keiko Takahashi, a Tokyo dermatologist. "We know that our ancestors were using it for hundreds of years." But nobody expected Japan's brewing firms to push sake's alternative use quite so vigorously. "We wanted to promote sake to people who didn't drink it," says Yasuko Okitsu of Fukumitsuya Sake Brewery (ff-style.com), which has at least three rice-based skin-care lines, with some products made with nonalcoholic sake. "Sake is good for the skin and health; it has a lot of benefits." Endorsement from top Japanese celebrities - like actress Mami Kumagai, who has been using Fukumitsuya...
...Prince Saionji's latter years, which he spent almost entirely at his seaside villa at Okitsu, the naming of each new Premier -he has advised at least 15 times-revolved around him. About five hours before the resignation of a Premier, Saionji would be notified. His private secretary would arrange a through telephone wire to Tokyo. In his tatami mat room the old Prince would sit apparently just listening to the waves in Kiyomi Bay. He would confer for a time with the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal; then meditate some more. Finally he would pronounce a name...
...Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, after a stomach operation, in Skagen Jutland; Prince Kimmochi Saionji, 87, Japan's last surviving elder statesman, as a result of "a train ride too soon after luncheon." in Okitsu, Japan; Deaf-mute Teacher Helen Keller, after an abdominal operation, in Rochester, Minn.; Maryland's one-eyed Governor Harry Nice, after an emergency operation for removal of an abscess, in Baltimore...
...Empire, can look into the hearts of wicked Japanese and warn good Japanese of their foul intentions, Prince Saionji inevitably would be one of the first to be warned. Some secret source, human or divine, tipped off Japan's Exalted Octogenarian. From his rustic villa at Okitsu in a speeding motor car Prince Saionji raced through night and snow to nearby Shizuoka where he was guarded by 100 police who kept the secret from murderous mustards...