What is the best japanese drink?

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hi i was just wandering what is the best japanese drink, the reason why i ask is because am going to tokyo in september and i wanna try new things.

p.s i have heard of sake from my friend potatoe

 

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Do you mean alcohol or non-alcohol (like coca-cola, etc.)?

I recommend sake if you never had it.

 

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Konnichiwa HITMAN-X-san!

hi i was just wandering what is the best japanese drink, the reason why i ask is because am going to tokyo in september and i wanna try new things.
p.s i have heard of sake from my friend potatoe

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Hahaha... yes, Sake(Japanese rice wine) is good! :romance:
I recommend the calpis. It's a very tasty.

www.calpis.net

NANGI

 

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Buddha Smoker

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Don't forget Aquarius too

 

kirei_na_me

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If we're talking alchohol, I like umeshu, and the only beer I will touch is Kirin Ichiban.

Ramune soda is good too, and neat, because it has the ball in it...

http://www.animesnacks.com/ramunesoda.html

 

Gaki

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Pocari Sweat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

RockLee

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Anyone knows if

Sapporo Beer is any good???? :? I'm dying to try it all *grabs wallet*

 

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Honestly, there are really any bad drinks in Japan

 

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Bounty Hunter

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thank you for the info

 

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playaa

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Awamori, shochu, sapporo, asahi, kirin, sake are my favs

 

misa.j

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You should try to find a traditional tea ceremony where you can try the Japanese green tea called MATCHA. It is very bitter, so I recommend you to have it with some sweet snack which probably will be served with the tea.

 

kirei_na_me

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Yes, definitely. I love green tea with daifuku. Yum.

 

Riven

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I love hot sake. I only tasted Asahi Beer (I like it ... little comon tast though)

kirei_na_me said:

Yes, definitely. I love green tea with daifuku. Yum.

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I have green tea (I really really like it), but what is daifuku ? (I only know it is some firm's name ...)

 

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playaa said:

Awamori, shochu, sapporo, asahi, kirin, sake are my favs

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I take back what I said about bad drinks in Japan....Awamori....yech...it's from Okinawa and made from potatoes. I didn't care for that.

But, I don't consider Okinawa part of Japan sometimes.

 

Lina Inverse

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Try the Lychee stuff (dunno what it's called right now), it's great

 

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neofusion

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is all sake clear? is there only one type of sake? i have had sake before and i reallllly have to get myself drunk on other stuff to even start drinking it! LOL, i think ill have more tonight......

 

Lina Inverse

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neofusion said:

is all sake clear? is there only one type of sake? i have had sake before and i reallllly have to get myself drunk on other stuff to even start drinking it! LOL, i think ill have more tonight......

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All sake I know is clear, so I'd say yes.
Try Kirin to start drinking. It's also avaiable as Light or Ichiban.
Kirin Homepage (english)

 

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Daniel

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There are five types of sake. Here's a short description I took from another site:
Junmai-shu (pure rice wine; at least 30% of rice polished away; no adding of distilled alcohol)ﾂ?
* Honjozo-shu (at least 30% of rice polished away; a tad of distilled alcohol is added)ﾂ?
* Ginjo-shu (at least 40% of rice polished away; with or without alcohol added; if bottle is labeled Ginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Ginjo, it means no alcohol added)
* Daiginjo-shu (at least 50% of rice polished away; again with or without added alcohol; if bottle is labeled Daiginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Daiginjo, it means no alcohol added)ﾂ?
* Namazake (special 5th designation for unpasteurized sake; incorporates all four above)

 

mad pierrot

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Kirin Ichiban all the way!!!!

But if you like dark beers, Yebisu Black is damn tasty. A bit expensive, but well worth it.

Alcohol aside, can coffee is more addicting than crack.

:nuts:

 

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Buddha Smoker

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Has anybody tried the new C2 (Coke Cola 2)? I was curious what others thought of it?

It was sort of a mix between regular coke and diet coke. Well, it has half the calories..so I guess that would make sense

 

RockLee

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Yeah I had Sapporo beer this weekend and is was GOOD ...Can't wait to taste the rest

 

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RockLee said:

Yeah I had Sapporo beer this weekend and is was GOOD ...Can't wait to taste the rest

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Japanese Beer is not bad but sometimes it is not satifying..know what I mean? I'm still looking for those C2 folks.

 

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curveegrrl

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I used to love Chu-Hi. My favourite flavours were lemon and grape. Lychee was good too, and my flatmate loved peach. Anyhoo, there are lots of flavours and brands to try.

 

Haitun

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Gaki said:

Pocari Sweat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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agreed..... me love this drink a lot....

 

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So no C2 drinkers, eh?