<description>&lt;p&gt;Frank got to sit down with Okura Taiji of &lt;a href="https://www.gekkeikan.com/" title=""&gt;Gekkeikan Sak&lt;/a&gt;e to talk about the whole swath of Gekkeikan&amp;#8217;s existance.  Our conversation covers its rise to prominence in the late 1800s to its creation of a&lt;a href="https://us.gekkeikan.com/" title=""&gt; brewery in America&lt;/a&gt; to what&amp;#8217;s going on in &lt;a href="https://www.gekkeikan.co.jp/gekkeikan-studio/" title=""&gt;Gekkeikan Studio&lt;/a&gt;, the experimental arm of the brewery.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We ae trying out a new video format which you can find on YouTube: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgCm-m_-1_I"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgCm-m_-1_I&lt;/a&gt;. Let us know what you think!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As always, if you have questions or comments, please do share them with us at &lt;a href="mailto:questions@sakeonair.com"&gt;questions@sakeonair.com&lt;/a&gt; or send us a message on our &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/sakeonair/?hl=en"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/sakeonair/"&gt;Facebook,&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://sakeonair.substack.com/"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;We’ll be back very soon with plenty more Sake On Air.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Until then, &lt;em&gt;kampai&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sake On Air is made possible with the generous support of the &lt;a href="http://www.japansake.or.jp/sake/english/about.html"&gt;Japan Sake &amp;#38; Shochu Makers Association&lt;/a&gt; and is broadcast from the &lt;a href="http://www.japansake.or.jp/sake/english/"&gt;Japan Sake &amp;#38; Shochu Information Center in Tokyo&lt;/a&gt;. Sake on Air was created by Potts K Productions and is produced by Export Japan. Our theme, “Younger Today Than Tomorrow,” was composed by&lt;a href="https://www.forsomethingnewmusic.com/"&gt;forSomethingNew&lt;/a&gt; for Sake On Air.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Sake On Air

Sake On Air

Gekkeikan’s Past, Present, and Future with Okura Taiji-san

JAN 28, 202655 MIN
Sake On Air

Gekkeikan’s Past, Present, and Future with Okura Taiji-san

JAN 28, 202655 MIN

Description

<p>Frank got to sit down with Okura Taiji of <a href="https://www.gekkeikan.com/" title="">Gekkeikan Sak</a>e to talk about the whole swath of Gekkeikan&#8217;s existance. Our conversation covers its rise to prominence in the late 1800s to its creation of a<a href="https://us.gekkeikan.com/" title=""> brewery in America</a> to what&#8217;s going on in <a href="https://www.gekkeikan.co.jp/gekkeikan-studio/" title="">Gekkeikan Studio</a>, the experimental arm of the brewery.</p> <p>We ae trying out a new video format which you can find on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgCm-m_-1_I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgCm-m_-1_I</a>. Let us know what you think!</p> <p>As always, if you have questions or comments, please do share them with us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or send us a message on our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sakeonair/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sakeonair/">Facebook,</a> or <a href="https://sakeonair.substack.com/">Substack</a>!<br />We’ll be back very soon with plenty more Sake On Air.</p> <p>Until then, <em>kampai</em>!</p> <p>Sake On Air is made possible with the generous support of the <a href="http://www.japansake.or.jp/sake/english/about.html">Japan Sake &#38; Shochu Makers Association</a> and is broadcast from the <a href="http://www.japansake.or.jp/sake/english/">Japan Sake &#38; Shochu Information Center in Tokyo</a>. Sake on Air was created by Potts K Productions and is produced by Export Japan. Our theme, “Younger Today Than Tomorrow,” was composed by<a href="https://www.forsomethingnewmusic.com/">forSomethingNew</a> for Sake On Air.</p>