Rice, Water, Earth: Notes on Sake
These posts are the continuation of my thoughts and reporting on sake for the James Beard award-winning Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake, which I co-wrote with sake sommelier and Sake Samurai Michael Tremblay.
When Did Sake Imports Arrive in America?
As thrifty Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants) always did, one of them repurposed this crate—which was shipped from Japan filled with a dozen 1.8 liter bottles of sake, and shipped it to family back home in Okayama.