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Japanese Whisky, Tattoo and Schoolgirls
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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Our guest is Brian Ashcraft who is a senior writer for the video gaming site Kotaku and a columnist for The Japan Times. He is also the author of the 6 fascinating books including: The Japanese Sake Bible, Japanese Whisky, Japanese Tattoos and Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool. Brian has lived in Osaka since 2001. Throughout the two decades, he has insightfully observed and reported the uniqueness of Japanese culture to the world in English. In this episode, we will discuss how Brian ended up becoming a prolific writer and journalist specialized in Japanese culture, his insight into various aspects of Japanese culture including sake, whisky, tattoos, schoolgirls and much much more!!! Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Japan Eats by becoming a member!Japan Eats is Powered by Simplecast.
Released:
Mar 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 1: Brooklyn Kitchen / The Meat Hook: Welcome to Japan Eats! Japan Eats is a weekly radio show from Akiko Katayama, a food writer and a director of the non-profit organization The New York Japanese Culinary Academy (NYJCA), which promotes a deeper understanding of Japanese cuisine in the US. Akiko is joined by food industry professionals who can share their deep knowledge and passion for Japanese cuisine. Tune in and demystify Japanese food tradition, learn about the latest Japanese food trends. On her first episode shes joined by Harry Rosenblum of Brooklyn Kitchen and The Meat Hook. Harry talks about the products he carries, specifically Japanese knives. Knives are a really good example of something thes easy to directly import. [08:00] We dont like to support products that are what we call landfill fodder. We dont want to sell people things that will break in two weeks or become useless. [14:00] --Harry Rosenblum on Japan Eats by Japan Eats!