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Review ------ "Following Brian Ashcraft's excellent Japanese Whisky, Tuttle has brought out this compendious guide to the full range of Japanese beverages…Written in an easy, flowing style, it covers a lot of ground in a short space of time…a beautiful, carefully put together coffee-table book full of ins, anecdotes and thirst-inducing pictures that leaves the reader yearning not just for a warm cup of sake or a stiff Yamazaki, but for individual titles devoted to each type of drink."— The Japan Times "I absolutely loved The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks. Stephen Lyman is clearly a gifted writer, able to tackle a subject as serious, complex & wide as Japanese beverage, while injecting a meaningful backdrop of thorough historical perspective. But it's his palpable enthusiasm for the subject which spills out onto every page, which makes this book exciting and easy to understand all at the same time. I was very thirsty the whole time I was reading it!" —Michael Skurnik, CEO of Skurnik Wines & Spirits "Japanese beverage traditions are some of the most misunderstood in the world—and they really shouldn't be! It's a good thing that we've got the words of Stephen Lyman and Chris Bunting, consummate experts on all things drinkable from Kyushu to Hokkaido and all things in in between, to help set us all straight." —Jeff Cioletti, Author, The Drinkable Globe, The Year of Drinking Adventurously, Sake-pedia "There's nowhere I'd rather drink than Japan, and no one I'd rather have telling me what, where, and how to drink than Stephen Lyman and Chris Bunting, whose bibulosity is matched only by their curiosity." —Matt Gross, formerly the New York Times Frugal Traveler "Chock full of photos, historical facts and fun asides, I find this is a guide I'll likely reference again…Worth a read for even the armchair traveler, with the potential to become a well-thumbed tome on an enthusiast's shelf."— Uncovering Japan blog "Perfect for the traveler or epicurean, [The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks] reveals the secrets of Japan's varied alcoholic beverages. Written in a conversational yet informative voice, every chapter delivers valuable in into how these drinks evolved, found favor at home, and are often misunderstood overseas." —Christopher Pellegrini, Author, The Shochu Handbook "[This book] presents a vast quantity of practical and cultural information in a very engaging way, and provides a clear outline of the (sometimes complex!) technical aspects of shochu production—something that is hard to find in English. Anyone seeking a route into shochu (and the other Japanese beverages) will find in this guide everything they need from detailed explanations of their production and history, through to practical advice on what to purchase, and how to explore these delicious beverages…Very helpful." —Antony Moss, Director of Strategic Planning, WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trust), WSET Certified Educator "…very educational and entertaining…The authors, Stephen Lyman and Chris Bunting, shared all of their information clearly so that anyone from a student of wine and spirits to wine and spirit lovers — that might just want to travel to Japan — would find more than helpful. Chock full of professional photographs, this was one of the best 'textbooks' I had the pleasure to read in a long time." — Eve's Wine 101 blog Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) About the Author ---------------- Stephen Lyman was minding his own business, enjoying life in New York City as an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College when he was unexpectedly introduced to Japanese shochu at an izakaya in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Over the next decade he visited Japan more than twenty times, visiting more than a hundred shochu distilleries, sake breweries and other alcohol producers in more than twenty Japanese Prefectures. In 2013 he began interning at a small shochu distillery in Kagoshima Prefecture. He subsequently became the first graduate of the Sake School of America's Shochu Adviser Course and a kikisakeshi (sake sommelier) through Sake Service International. In 2016 he was named the first Honkaku Shochu Ambassador by the Japanese government through the Cool Japan program. He now spends about half his time in Kyushu in Southern Japan where he can be found cycling around and exploring local food, drink, and culture. Chris Bunting has worked in London and Japan for publications including the Asahi Shimbun, Times and Independent. He developed his love of Japanese alcohol while living in Tokyo and is the author of Drinking Japan. He currently lives in Yorkshire in the UK. Read more ( javascript:void(0) )