And much more in the third edition of Japan Infusion. Interested in contributing? Drop me a line. And don't forget to enter the contest for the free Yoshida Brothers CD.

PS: The "Saké Guy," pictured here, is John Gauntner, who got his start making copies of his newsletter, Sake no Koto, on the copy machine at Universal News Japan after my boss had gone home (this was all before the Internet went mainstream). Now he's considered perhaps the world's foremost non-Japanese authority on saké. From such humble beginnings good things grow!