Re-read Popular Articles【English Ver.】
– Keita Okubo –

Here are the top 5 most viewed SakeTips! articles of all time!
In this issue, we will show articles by Keita Okubo (as of November 22, 2020).
*Top 5 in Japanese is here

Hello, my name is Keita Okubo. In my articles for SakeTips!, I want to introduce “sake legends”: special people who have mastered sake in unique ways in Japan.
For the first article, I write about an owner of a liquor store who risks his life to spread his favorite sake far and wide…

Today, I like to write about a sushi restaurant.
Just to let you know, I am not a sushi specialist. I have no idea what “hashiri” and “nagori” mean. To be honest, I am a complete beginner and don’t know much about the names of fish.
Nevertheless, I introduce this restaurant with confidence because I learned it from the expert who owns a popular restaurant and it satisfied me a lot…

Enjoying sake at ramen shops is quite common outside of Japan, but it is rare to see ramen shops carrying any such selections inside of Japan.
Does sake not pair well with ramen? It certainly does! The combination of sake and ramen is filled with possibilities and amazing potential. There may even exist new pairing experiences that the Japanese people don’t yet know of…

I sometimes get a question like, “An overseas friend will come to Japan. Do you know a place where we can drink?” For this article, I’d like to introduce the Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center as the best place for foreign visitors…

Going out for a drink is difficult these days.
I know it is non essential, but I want to continue enjoy drinking with my friends. To release such stress, a group of sake fans on Twitter held an online sake party via Zoom…