Gin, the popular fragrant spirit made from juniper berries, is experiencing a global "craft" boom. Expert distilleries are popping up across Japan as well. In central Tokyo, taste botanical gin ...

It is far from the only Japanese brewing company getting in on the worldwide craft gin boom, where distillers use local ingredients to make their own flavorful spins. The trendsetter in Japan was ...

Japanese gin accounted for only 26% of the market in ... the varnish of Nihohe’s native lacquer (red) and the lacquer tree ... [+] (white). Nanbu Bijin is not the only sake producer who joined ...