Beer

Michael Japanese brand beers are, by the way -— as I already knew from San Francisco, where Japanese restaurants and supermarkets carry Sapporo, Kirin, and Asahi —- almost on par with German beers. And believe me, all the major breweries in the world are trembling when I arrive to taste their beers.

The brand Yesibu from the house of Sapporo is truly world-class, a strong lager, quite comparable to, and I am not afraid to say it, the Augustiner Edelstoff, probably the best widely available beer in Germany. Indeed! However, Yesibu is crazy expensive. The gigantic one liter can, which I am holding in picture 1, cost the hefty price of 560 Yen (about 5 Euros). Even I, who am used to fantasy prices for good beer in the USA (1 six-pack microbrew = 2 liters costs 8 dollars in the supermarket), was taken aback.