Suntory Sumiwataru Umeshu and Cherry Blossoms

Umeshu is a mixture of Japanese shochu, plum juice and sugar. Suntory Sumiwataru is made by a special process including 100% Japanese plums, low temperature distillation, and specially sourced water and results in umeshu with 50% less sugar than other products. サントリー 澄みわたる梅酒

http://www.suntory.co.jp/

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Suntory Seoul Makgeolli and Cherry Blossoms

Suntory suggests the Japanese spirit makkoli (or makgeolli or makkolli) for cherry blossom season. Makgeolli has become very popular in recent years in Japan. It has the same alcohol content as beer, but with a complex taste (some sweet, sour, and bitter). Often called rice wine, it is actually an unfiltered, fermented mixture of rice, barley and wheat, with a slight carbonation.

Seoul Makkoli was developed by Suntory and Lotte especially for the Japanese market.

サントリー ラッテ ソウルマッコリ

http://www.suntory.co.jp

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Yamazaki Tanita Lunch Pack Collaboration

In an interesting collaboration, Tanita is working with Yamazaki on the development of balanced, low calorie lunch packs. Tanita is an international maker of health measurement equipment for such things as weight and body fat. They recently opened a limited number of restaurants, one right in the middle of the business district around Tokyo Station, which look like company lunch halls but but focus on well balanced, low calorie meals. These restaurants also have registered dieticians on hand for free counseling.

Each Lunch Pack comes with two sandwiches, sometimes they are the same, but in cases like this, they can complement one another and provide interesting combinations. With this background, Yamazaki has teamed up with Tanita new Lunch Pack varieties.

The two Lunch Pack varieties here are both sets of different sandwiches.
variety one) pumpkin salad, plus chicken and stewed tomatoes
and
variety two) burdock root salad plus tofu hamburger

ヤマザキ ランチパック タニタ

http://www.yamazakipan.co.jp/

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