If you've had sake in a bar in Tokyo, you'll be used to neon lights or the cosy third-space vibe of places like Sake Market. For sake tasting in Kyoto, however, it's a completely different atmosphere. Kyoto is famous for its gentle, traditional approach to respecting its history, and the...

For a long time, my knowledge of Japanese sake was limited to that thing my husband ordered in Wagamama from time to time. "It's actually pretty light!" he told me, sipping the hot sake. My husband is a Slavic man, so I was deeply mistrustful of his definition of 'light'....

On a trip to Japan with my husband last year, one of our favourite discoveries was a sake bar in Tokyo: Sake Market in Shinjuku. It was one of our last nights in Japan, and we'd just finished an underwhelming dinner in a nearby vegetarian restaurant (although I've got some...