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...Just as sake bars are multiplying in Los Angeles (try Katana), New York City (Sakagura) and San Francisco (Ozumo), they're also making a comeback in Japan. Sasano, in the Akasaka entertainment district of Tokyo, is a current hot spot. Regulars sit at the wood-slab bar in the nouveau-Japanese restaurant, where manager Miwa Taguchi recommends selections from the 70 sake choices to flatter each dish a diner orders. Connoisseurs start with a daiginjo such as Higan from Niigata prefecture, which boasts a pretty transparency and refreshing taste that goes well with salty burdock-root chips. The distinctive ginjo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going with the Grain | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

Just as sake bars are multiplying in Los Angeles (try Katana), New York City (Sakagura) and San Francisco (Ozumo), they're making a comeback in Japan. Sasano, in the Akasaka entertainment district of Tokyo, is a current hot spot. Regulars sit at the wood-slab bar in the nouveau-Japanese restaurant, where manager Miwa Taguchi recommends selections from the 70 sake choices to flatter each dish a diner orders. Connoisseurs start with a daiginjo like Higan from Niigata prefecture, which boasts a pretty transparency and refreshing taste that goes well with salty burdock-root chips. The distinctive ginjo-grade Suiro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Champagnes of Sake | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

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