Celebrating 1 Year of Sake On Air

We’ve been

doing this for an entire year (and then some) already! To commemorate we

decided to get the entire cast together (minus John,

sadly, who was fully there in spirit) to talk about the nature of the show

itself, as well as address a few audience and listener questions, in front of a

small live audience in Tokyo back on November 25th.

The format

this week is a bit unique, as the show was designed to be an enjoyable listen,

but also to speak directly to a live audience. For those that would appreciate

a small taste of the live experience, we livestreamed the show on our

Facebook page. The

audio quality is definitely going to be better via the podcast, but if a bit of

visual context will help you get the most out of the show and attach names to

faces, please do have a look at the

livestream video,

as well.

Since starting Sake On Air just over a

year ago the show

has now grown to have listeners in more than 50 countries across the globe and

is downloaded thousands of times every month. Hitting the ground running with

almost zero promotion or prep time back in October of 2018, we charged forward

with excitement and confidence that there was both a strong need and interest

for an open and readily available place to share a new kind of dialogue about

the fascinating and ever-changing nature of sake, shochu and awamori. Thanks to

all of our listeners and supporters that have followed along and championed us

over the past year, you’ve proven us right. We can’t thank you enough.

Knowing

that most of our listeners are scattered across the globe and not having the

opportunity to engage face-to-face with our supporters can be a challenge at

times, as sending data out into the digital void every other week can feel much

less tangible, both for us, and we imagine for many of our listeners as well.

Being able to speak in front of a live group of supporters, while also having

listeners send in questions and words of encouragement throughout the

broadcast, was incredibly rewarding.

We’d love to

hear your thoughts about this week’s format. Having tried this, we feel like

there’s potential to continue to explore this style of show and further engage

with our audience both locally and digitally in more new and direct ways. We’d

love to travel for shows as well! While it may not happen right away, if

there’s interest, we’d love to find a way to make a tour of some sort happen…!

But for

now, this week you can settle in with Sebastie Lemoine, Rebekah Wilson-Lye, Christopher Pellegrini, Marie Nagata,

Chris Hughes and Justin Potts

for a small celebration of all things sake, shochu and awamori, here in Tokyo.

Last but

not least, after listening to this week’s show, if you could take just a moment

to leave a review for us on Apple

Podcasts or your

favorite podcast streaming service it would mean a great deal to us and help

more than you know. Info and instructions about how to

do this can be found here.

Stitcher users can leave reviews directly in-browser here.

While

you’re listening, you can further keep tabs on us through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and our YouTube

channel.

Any and

all questions and comments are welcome via questions@sakeonair.staba.jp, or directly through our contact

page.

We’ve got

one more episode of Sake On Air on the way this month before we close out 2019.

Thanks again everyone.

Kampai!

Sake On Air is made possible with the generous

support of the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers

Association and is broadcast from the Japan Sake & Shochu Information Center in Tokyo. The show is a

co-production between Export Japan and Potts.K Productions, with audio

production by Frank Walter.

Our theme, “Younger Today Than Tomorrow” is

composed by forSomethingNew for Sake On Air.