100 Kanpai

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A few weeks ago Sebastien marked the fourth anniversary of his activity as sake consultant, and looking back at his calendar counted a hundred evenings or days spent with private individual travelers about sake. These people curious about nihonshu culture were coming from the US, Australia, the UK, and France essentially, and sometimes Mexico, Brazil, Learn More …

Learning Expedition

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Passerelle hosted a group coming to Japan for a learning expedition. Two of the key themes were the aging of the Japanese population and Robotics … as well as how the second one is seen as a solution for the first one here

Crossing two cultures

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Passerelle hosted a corporate cocktail (03/2019) on the theme of innovation.: innovation by young sake brewers and other stakeholders in the industry, innovation in the pairing of Japanese culture with the French one. Passerelle supplies all required elements.

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A future for sake

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Sebastien has had a busy start of the year with Le Cordon Bleu in a series of events pairing 9 European Cheese with 9 Hiroshima sake, in Chinese, Japanese and English

Sake on Air Year 2

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Mid January, the whole team producing and hosting the Sake On Air podcast was together for a special feature, a review of Year 2018 for sake and shochu, and a discussion about 2019. Sake On Air is the first English language podcast dedicated to sake and shochu, and is broadcasted from the information centre of Learn More …

Show me the way

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Judo is much more than a sport. 7th dan judo sensei and buddhist monk MT is teaching the children of this European family keen on martial arts how to put their heart in control, and fight a more intuitive judo reading energy flows.

Kumanokodo, for body and soul …

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The ancient Kumano region is located in the South of the Kii Peninsula, covering part of Nara and Wakayama Prefectures, touching on Mie with the route to Ise. For a thousand years, merchants, pilgrims, monks, and even emperors have been walking part its trails, today a twin route with Camino de Santiago. Walk the route, Learn More …

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Walking on elders’s footprints

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530 km long Nakasendo was arguably the second most important route connecting Kyoto and Edo in feudal times. Unlike the Tokkaido which is following the coastline, the Nakasendo is crossing Japanese mountains. There were 69 stations where merchants, early tourists, samurais and feudal lords, princesses could rest. Passerelle implemented a monitor tour in a beautiful Learn More …