Japan Eats!

Boken Adventures: Connecting Centuries-Old Sake Breweries And American Tables

Episode Summary

Akiko sits down with George Kao, Head of Sales at Boken Sake!

Episode Notes

Our guest is George Kao who is the head of sales at Boken Sake https://www.drinkboken.com/ based in New York.  Boken Sake is a unique concept.  The company collaborates with authentic Japanese sake breweries and produces sake under the Boken brand.

 

Many sake breweries consider expanding to overseas markets, but a lot of them are family-owned small businesses without enough resources to make it happen.  Boken can effectively create a path for them to get into the American market and American consumers can have opportunities to taste their precious craft sake.

 

George is an ideal talent to execute Boken’s mission with his rich and unique background in Japanese food, in particular Japanese sake.

 

In this episode, we will discuss the unique concept of Boken Sake, the sake Boken has produced with a 540-year-old brewery, great ways to enjoy sake with non-Japanese food and much, much more!!!