<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/jsyle_top07a.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" /> <meta name="robots" content="all" /> <meta name="keywords" content="jstyle,japan,australia,japanese,food,living,style,beauty,news cinema,business,information,Sydney,GoldCoast,Brisbane,Perth,Melbourne,Cairns" /> <meta name="description" content="Nichigo Press jstyle is a quarterly English-language magazine that deals with a wide variety of Japan-related topics in an Australian context." /> <meta name="rating" content="general" /> <meta name="author" content="NICHIGO PRESS" /> <meta name="copyright" content="NICHIGO PRESS" /> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" --> <title>jstyle -The Japan you were looking for is right here!-</title> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0 var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3) if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];} } function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0 var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc; } function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0 var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array(); var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++) if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}} } function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01 var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) { d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);} if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n]; for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document); if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x; } //--> </SCRIPT> <link href="../../../css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor=black> <table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr align="center"> <td width="180"><a href="../../../index.html"><img src="../../../img/title_s.gif.jpg" width="180" height="75" alt="jstyle top" border="0" /></a><br><br> </td> <td width="620"><div align="right"><a href="http://event.rakuten.co.jp/borderless/index_en.html" target="_blank"><img src="../../../img/rakuten-en.gif" alt="Nekoma" width="486" height="60" border="0"></a></div></td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2"><hr size="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="body" --> <div style="width:800;height:300%;background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <center> <br> <img src="http://jstyle.25today.com/living/living_title.gif" width="762" height="55"><br> <br> <table width="762" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="772"><img src="http://jstyle.25today.com/img/spacer.gif" alt="space" width="10" height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><div class="sec"> <h1>R‘<BR>Cool drink for summer </h1> <div class="NewImg"> <table width="200" border="0" align="right"> <tr> <td><img src="img/J808_SAKE_H01.jpg" width="300" height="200"></td> </tr><tr> <td> Premium authentic umeshu, Choya extra-years 700ml Umeshu Photo courtesy of Choya Umeshu Co., Ltd&nbsp;&nbsp;Web: <A HREF="http://www.choya.jp">www.choya.jp</A></td></tr> </table> </div> <p>Visitors may mistakenly refer to it as plum wine, but there is no mistaking its popularity. Umeshu is a distinctly Japanese liqueur and is enjoyed by people from all walks of life in all manner of ways: neat, on the rocks or mixed. </p> <p>Extracted not from plums but a variety of Japanese apricot called ume, production of umeshu dates back to 1697 when it was the beverage of choice for the upper classes. Today, it can be easily brewed in the average Japanese home. </p> <P>Umeshu is made by combining one-third alcohol, usually shochu or sake, with equal amounts of sugar and ume. The ume is allowed to soak, producing a liquor of about 15 per cent alcohol content. Both the type of sugar and the type of spirit or wine used in the process can be varied according to preference or to achieve a particular flavour. This means that many different types of umeshu are sold today with distinct flavours, yet they all still possess the distinct character that the ume brings out in the drink.</P> <P>Umeshu is regarded as a cool, refreshing drink often consumed in summer. These days, the liqueur is popular among young and old in Japan who relish it for its sweet taste. Umeshu is often used as a cocktail base and is consumed in a multitude of flavours at Japanese drinking houses or as a "cocktail in a can". </p><p>Those keen to explore new flavours in Japan will likely experience umeshu with friends. </P> <hr size="1"> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <table width="718" border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td width="350"><IMG SRC="../adimg/J808_4727ICHI_2.jpg" WIDTH="253" HEIGHT="165" BORDER="0" ALT=""></td> <td width="350" rowspan="2"><img src="http://www.25today.com/jstyle/living/issue07/img/rengaya.jpg" alt="rengaya" width="350" height="474"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.25today.com/jstyle/living/issue07/img/sushitei.jpg" alt="sushitei" width="350" height="230"></td> </tr> </table> <TABLE> <TR> <TD><img src="http://www.25today.com/jstyle/living/issue07/img/P61_NEW.jpg"></TD> </TR> <tr><td> <IMG SRC="../adimg/J808_7753YUKI.jpg" WIDTH="511" HEIGHT="338" BORDER="0" ALT=""></td><tr/> <tr><td> <IMG SRC="../adimg/J808_2270JUJU.jpg" WIDTH="515" HEIGHT="338" BORDER="0" ALT=""></td><tr/> <tr><td> <IMG SRC="../adimg/J808_7439SUSH.jpg" WIDTH="653" HEIGHT="826" BORDER="0" ALT=""></td><tr/> </TABLE> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td><img src="../../../img/spacer.gif" alt="space" width="20" height="20"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="../../../index.html">Back to top page</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#666666"><font color="#FFFFFF">Copyright &copy; 2006-2007 NICHIGO PRESS All rights reserved.</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> <!-- InstanceEnd --></html>