Ever wanted to enjoy the taste of premium Japanese rice wine without the alcohol? Now you can!
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Hey, you got your Ed Sheeran in my sake! No, you got your sake in my Ed Sheeran! Wait a minute….
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200-year-old sake brewery teams up with Final Fantasy’s legendary designer for a very special crossover.
The latest collaboration between the chocolate snacks and the Japanese spirit is almost four centuries in the making and uses one of the highest classes of sake.
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After this taste test, you’ll never want to go back to using regular drinking vessels again.
The sake offer reeled us in, and with the dumplings and karaage, this downtown eatery now basically owns our souls.
Perfect for purifying your home and sending wafts of alcohol to deceased friends in the afterlife.




















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