Experts in sake must love this place. On Saturdays, Sundays, and other holidays, the master and his wife visit sake cellars in all over Japan to look for sake of good quality. They say that sake sold in the market and sake in competitive prize shows are completely different. Sake in competitive shows is too expensive to be sold in the regular market, so they mix it with that of less quality to make it cheap and distribute it in the market. The master and his wife have been uncomfortable with the situation and have offered sake directly delivered from cellars so that customers could enjoy the real taste of good sake.

Some people avoid drinking sake because they would have a hangover the next day or do not prefer the flavor left behind in the mouth after drinking it.
But, if they taste the real sake offered at Sankon, they will completely renew their view on sake.

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The Japanese confectionery shop that we introduced before, Ichigetsu has changed their products to fall style. I would like to introduce the new products.

Beans Daifuku

Ichigetsu’s beans daifuku is not the same as regular daifuku. It is too soft that it is difficult to pick it up. The sweet beans inside are good too.

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The classic movie, “Otoko wa Tsurai yo”(It’s tough being a man), set the scene in Shibamata. This series are known as the longest movie series with total of 48 of them. Today, we visited Shibamata town where the famous scenes were filmed.

We started from the Shibamata station. There stands a Tora-san statue with the well-known look.

There are the three monkeys near the station. People placed symbol of monkey on top of horse house because it is said to protect horse from disease. The famous three monkeys in Nikko was placed for the same reason.

The town is filled with Showa era style. I think there are many people who recall those cheap snack stores, cola candy, and so many other snacks.

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