Japan is justly famous for its sake, its most famous alcoholic drink, and now it’s becoming noteworthy for its whiskey as well. TODAY senior international correspondent Keir Simmons reports on how they are made, and shares some sake with the TODAY anchors live in Tokyo.
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As a Japanese, it's really weird seeing Japanese whiskey take off internationally. It would be like watching common American Beer brands become premium-tier with four times the current price.
Does anyone know how I nominate Savannah Guthrie for a Pulitzer? This is really some hard core journalism
I tried sake in 2015 and man that’s was awesome
Still sipping hard 😅
Rumor has it he’s still drinking haha
Not president Abe, prime minister Abe.
Shows Nikka FTB sourced from Scotland. Cuts to reporter denigrating scotch saying Japanese whisky tastes nothing like scotch… Brilliant.
*note Taketsuru (the former head distiller at Suntory and founder of Nikka) learned in Scotland and built his distillery in Northern Japan to emulate the Scottish environment. They even spell whisky without an e.
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