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The Niigata City History Museum
Visitors discover an overview of Niigata’s history from the Jomon period and the area’s development into modern times. Continue reading
Fourth Sake Rice Harvest in Abbotsford
There’s not a fair price that can be put on the sweat equity required to get this year’s rice into bags—never mind bottles. Continue reading
Northern Culture Museum and Ito Estate, Niigata
The present museum is a small part of what was a vast property belonging to the Ito family which had amassed huge tracts of forest and farmlands over the centuries. Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Travel & Culture
Tagged Ito Estate, Niigata, Northern Culture Museum, Triangular Tea House
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On My Way to Niigata
…a gradual segue across the plain into Gunma’s foothills, vistas of mountains, black tunnels punched through them and the first sight of the Niigata Plains on the other side. Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 5
You can have an average wine just by yourself and that same bottle, if you share it with someone special it becomes [again Sebastien kisses his fingertips]. Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 4
After several years in Toronto and Vancouver, how is it that you returned to Singapore to open DB Bistro Moderne? Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 3
Most people will be a sommelier, but I like more than just the wine aspect. I like being involved with the business side of it. Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 2
We [in the hospitality business] have to make it easy for people so they feel like they came to the right place. It doesn’t matter if it’s casual or high-end. Nothing is a big deal, everything is smooth. For me, that’s important. Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 1
Sebastien Le Goff says that had anyone suggested in 1997 that he would return to Singapore in 2010 to open and manage DB Bistro Moderne for renowned Chef Daniel Boulud, he would have said, “You’re crazy.” Continue reading
Navigating Japanese Public Toilets
You never quite know what you are getting with Japanese toilet. Especially if it is a unisex option in a restaurant or bar or some location off the tourist grid in the countryside. Continue reading