HOT POT + SAKE PAIRING NIGHT presented by the Japanese Culinary Center and Lucky Rice
| November 17, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
HOT POT + SAKE PAIRING NIGHT presented by the Japanese Culinary Center and Lucky Rice

STARTS: November 17th
ENDS: November 17th
TIME: 6 – 8 p
Japanese Culinary Center, NY Mutual Tradiing Company and LuckyRice invites you to join us for JAPANESE HOT POT + SAKE PAIRING NIGHT at Matsuri.
Featuring a variety of hearty and healthy hot pots from Chef Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat’s new cookbook, “Japanese Hot Pot” – and -
A category of sakes from NY Mutual Trading Company.. this “foodie” event will be one to please.
Guests will have the opportunity to go to the different hot pot stations and navigage sake pairings by top brewers based on dishes featuring everything from beef, seafood, chicken, vegetable and more.
Tickets: $35/per person
VIP Tickets: $55/per person + “Japanese Hot Pot” signed book copy!
RSVP now at info@matsurinyc.com
Takashimaya New York Presents Powder Prints by Akira Tokuda
Takashimaya New York Presents Powder Prints by Akira Tokuda Thursday, October 1, 2009
Thank you for coming!
Play Earth Presents Special Party at Bohemian Oct.28 2009
This party was thrown by Ayumu Takahashi who is a very popular writer/publisher/photographer/traveler/principal of primary schools in India and Jamaica/great daddy for his kids/great husband for his wife/some of cool restaurants’ owner including Bohemian. He and his family have been traveling all over the world since last year. He has been to NY for this special private party with his team called Play Earth. Yes, they all seem very happy to play earth always!!
photos by Atsushi NishiJIMA
THOMSON REUTERS ASIA PACIFIC EMPLOYEE NETWORK CHARITY SAKE TASTING Nov.4th 2009
Here are some photos from the wonderful Thomson Reuters charity event!
This event held on November 4th, 2009 featured Dassai, Dewatsuru and Tenzan Sake. We had so much fun!
Happy Birthday Mr.Dassai!! Nov.4th

Mr. Dassai Sakurai-san had a special birthday cake at Robata-Ya. Thank you so much Kadoi-san, and very happy birthday Sakurai-san!!
Ayumu Takahashi kissed Dassai 23
Finally, I met this cool Japanese man Ayumu Takahashi who is a very popular writer/publisher/photographer/traveler/principal of primary schools in India and Jamaica/great daddy for his kids/great husband for his wife/some of cool restaurants’ owner including Bohemian.
He came to NY for the special private party for his team called Play Earth. I really enjoyed!!
I told him Mr.Sakurai of Dassai is huge fan of him. He was excited about that then kissed the bottle of Junmai Daiginjo Dassai 23 because he is big fan of Dassai! He said Dassai Sparkling is the most popular sake at Bohemian Tokyo.
These beautiful girls were from ELLE magazine. They love classic robust Junmai taste sake Tengumai. I’m so happy to hear that because some girls still believe Junmai sake is too strong. Tengumai is one of very popular classic Yamahai Junmai brewery, but Tengumai Uma Jun is classic Junmai flavor, but milder than regular Tengumai, and goes well many kinds of dishes from all over the world! Especially, with rich flavor dishes used butter or cheese like French or Italian, sooo good! Sake is not only for Japanese dishes. Trust me!
The party started at 7pm, and finishes at…. next morning?? Many of great new people, great food, and of course great sake….it was FANTASTIC night! Sake Samurai enjoyed too!

Photos by my photographer Atsushi “JIMA” Nishijima
Great work Jima!
THOMSON REUTERS ASIA PACIFIC EMPLOYEE NETWORK CHARITY SAKE TASTING
WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER, 6:30PM START
Would you like to have a great time? Take away a cultural experience? Have a chance to win some great prizes?
Well, you found the right event! Please join the Charity Sake Tasting hosted by the Asia Pacific Employee Network.
The event goal is to raise money for the Thomson Reuters Foundation and its strategic partners in order to provide natural disaster relief efforts in Asia.
Thanks to generous sponsorship, every dollar received will be donated.
Sponsors Thomson Reuters American Regional Council, Akita Seishu co., LTD, Asahi Shuzo co. LTD and Tenzan Sake Brewery Company.
About the Thomson Reuters Foundation established in 1982, the Thomson Reuters Foundation is a registered charity in the UK and the US. The charitable arm of Thomson Reuters leverages the skills and expertise across the corporation to increase trust and access to the rule of law, to save lives through the provision of trusted information and to improve the standards of journalism.
CHARITY SAKE TASTING
Date:
Wednesday 4th November, 2009
Time:
6:30 pm Start
Venue:
Club Camel, 28 West 33rd (between 5th and Broadway)
Tickets:
$10 minimum donation – we will accept cash or check.
Contact: harumi.urata@thomsonreuters.com
Prince Otter has traveled all over the world/Thomson Reuters Event
Look at him…. Prince Otter, Mr. Sakurai from Dassai suddenly fell asleep end of our dinner at Sushi Azabu. By the way, the cheerfully cute Kimono lady is a famous Japanese actress/sake fan Yu Aihara. She is a champagne lover, so she loves Dassai Sparkling!
He was so tired by many of his business trips in the world at the night. He arrived NY one day before the night from Yamaguchi, Japan, and he left NY next day for next tasting event in Hong Kong, after that, he has to go back to Yamaguchi again for a business meeting for the people from Europe, then coming back to NY next week for next event ” THOMSON REUTERS ASIA PACIFIC EMPLOYEE NETWORK CHARITY SAKE TASTING”!! Please check this out, and cheer him up!!!
WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER, 6:30PM START
Would you like to have a great time? Take away a cultural experience? Have a chance to win some great prizes?
Well, you found the right event! Please join the Charity Sake Tasting hosted by the Asia Pacific Employee Network.
The event goal is to raise money for the Thomson Reuters Foundation and its strategic partners in order to provide natural disaster relief efforts in Asia.
Thanks to generous sponsorship, every dollar received will be donated.
Sponsors Thomson Reuters American Regional Council, Akita Seishu co., LTD, Asahi Shuzo co. LTD and Tenzan Sake Brewery Company.
About the Thomson Reuters Foundation established in 1982, the Thomson Reuters Foundation is a registered charity in the UK and the US. The charitable arm of Thomson Reuters leverages the skills and expertise across the corporation to increase trust and access to the rule of law, to save lives through the provision of trusted information and to improve the standards of journalism.
CHARITY SAKE TASTING
Date:
Wednesday 4th November, 2009
Time:
6:30 pm Start
Venue:
Club Camel, 28 West 33rd (between 5th and Broadway)
Tickets:
$10 minimum donation – we will accept cash or check.
Contact: harumi.urata@thomsonreuters.com
The wait is finally over! Enjoy Sake at ROBATA-YA!
What a wonderful news!! Robata-ya finally got a liquor license! Now, you can enjoy real Robata dishes with great sake, selected by my ex-boss at Sakagura Mr.Kadoi! His sake list is great!!!

The Ninth Autumn Akita Sake Tasting Event on Nov.11th 2009
| November 11, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
“The Ninth Autumn Akita Sake Tasting Event”
ASC was established in June 2006 to introduce AKITA Prefecture’s sake, food, and goods
to the people in the NYC area. This Autumn, ASC is proud to announce “The Akita Sake Tasting Event” on November 11, 2009.
Please join over 20 visiting sake brewers from Akita and different all across Japan to taste over 30 of finest sakes we have chosen for you to try.
You can also savour some of Akita’s delicacies such as Kiritanpo, mashed rice stick, broiled and boiled in soup, Akita miso flavor honey chicken, Iburi gakko (Smoked radish pickles), and many others. For our environment’s sake, please bring your sake glass !
Guest musicians will be performing Jazz for our guests.
Organizer:[ASC: Akita Sake Club]
Sponsor:[Sun Pop International Corporation]
Date: November 11, 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: The Japanese American Association of New York, Inc.
15 West 44th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10036
Space is limited and reservation is required. Please pay the admission fee by Cash (No change, please) at the reception desk on November 11, 2009.
Admission Fee: $50
Reservation/Contact: Masatoshi Yamamoto
Sun Pop International Corporation
211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1702, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-682-4393
Fax: 212-682-4392
e-mail: sunpop@worldnet.att.net























































































































