Owner Marc Spitzer has been the executive chef of BondST, one of the most popular and beloved Japanese restaurants in New ...

ISAHAYA, Nagasaki Prefecture--A local sake brewery is re-creating the flavor of Japan's first domestically produced gin, a heady brew introduced in 1812. Kinokawa Inc. distills and produces the ...

Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture ... You would think that the traditional sake producer had decided to make gin to seize an opportunity in the rapidly growing gin market.

Roslyn will soon be home to a new Japanese restaurant. Okaru, whose menu comprises modern and traditional Japanese inspired ...

MORIOKA--Stuck with a surplus of rice after sales of its sake nose-dived, the Nanbu Bijin Co. brewery in the city of Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, branched out to produce gin and vodka to reverse its ...