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I am an English journalist living in Tokyo and the author of "Drinking Japan," a guide to one of the best places to go drinking in the world, with entries on 122 of the country's best bars. But it is also the first wide-ranging survey in English of the history and culture of Japanese alcohol, with detailed coverage not only of the well-known rice brew sake but of much less explored traditions like shochu, awamori, beer, wine, and Japanese whisky.

You can find out more at www.drinkingjapan.com. If you are still awake after all that, check out my Japanese whisky blog at www.nonjatta.com.