One of the (many) reasons I love Japan is because it is full of all sorts of weird and interesting things. Some of these “weird things” are places, such as the Robot Restaurant or a Rabbit Cafe, others are food and drinks, such as Salty Watermelon Pepsi or Sour Pickled Plum flavored Fanta. Basically, Japan is never boring. One of my (many) hobbies is to try “weird Japanese things.” Recently I’ve been on a drinking binge – where once or twice a week I try out the weirdest drink I can find in a grocery store. This is how I discovered both Salty Watermelon Pepsi and Sour Pickled Plum flavored Fanta (which I like). Recently, I’ve been out of luck and mostly hitting awkwardly bad drinks. Like the alcoholic green tea in a can. This alcoholic drink is a “chuhai” (supposed to be Japanese shochu or vodka with carbonated water) type… But, well, it didn’t taste like any of the chuhais that I love. It was 5% alcohol. I bought it for my sister while she was visiting, because she LOVES green tea and was like “alcoholic green tea in a can? That sounds awesome!” Except it wasn’t. It tasted like watered down, stale green tea [...]
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