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worlddiva · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:20 am Post subject: silly, but I'm curious?

Sitting here in Canada reading the posts drinking a Smirnoff Twisted Apple, and thought...hmmmm.....is there Smirnoff Twisted Apple in Japan?

just curious Smile

Sody · Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 55

Actually that's not really so strange I wanted to ask if anyone knows if wine is expensive in Japan? Is it? I really do want to know because I like to drink a glass every now and then. If someone could tell me how it compares to Canada I would appreciate it a lot. Thanks.

Sody

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

All I've seen is Smirnoff Ice, but there are loads of other fruity coctail beverages to choose from.

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Nismo · Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 520

CHU HI (choo hai, not choo hee, apparently...) comes in an assortment of flavors.

GambateBingBangBOOM · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Japan

So does sour. Lemon Sour (remon saua-), strawberry sour, I think there's an apple sour, melon sour etc. Normally you drink it at the karaoke bar, but you can often get it at enkai (dinner and a whole lot of drinking party) places too.

Don't let the name fool you. THere is nothing sour about a strawberry sour. It's sweeter than the girliest girl-drink (Wildberry Cooler) in Canada.

MindlessFudge · Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 40

I've found both expensive and cheap wine in Japan. It all depends on where you go and what you want. Do some exploring and you should be able to find some quality, inexpensive stuff. Most of the wines I saw were imported from European countries.

On a side note, if there are any Drambuie lovers out there, Drambuie is dirt cheap in Japan. For a 750mL bottle in the States, I can't pay anything less than $40-45. I found the same size bottle in Japan for 1100 yen, about $10.

I love Drambuie.

worlddiva · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject:

Hey Hismo,
what is chu hi??

Is south american wine available or only european/australian?

thanks for the info:)

Nismo · Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 520

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

Chu hi is kind of the equivalent of a wine cooler or wine spritzer (sans wine--its alcohol content comes from sho chu). YUMMMMMMMY!

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Nismo · Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 520

http://jeansnow.net/2003/05/14/chu-hi/. Found a bit about it in a blog.

SEndrigo · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 437

worlddiva · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject:

hmmmmm....chu-hi! sounds addictive, I like already.
(think I'll go for grapefruit first!)

osakajojo · Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 229

Warning about Chu-Hi:
It is usually sold in a can-just as Coke or Sprite is sold. I knew of a teacher at an International school who wasn't paying close enough attention to her students- unintentionally allowed her 5 yr old student to drink a can that his mom packed in his school lunch. The mom was new to Japan and didn't realize it had alcohol in it when she bought it. The kid was ok-they took him to the hospital as soon as another teacher had noticed what he was drinking. He was more frightened than anything else.

Also- a lot a kaeroke bars have "all-you-can-drink Chu-hi, with like 20 different flavours, good for the girls! However, the beer is at least 200 yen each.

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

I just found Bartles & James (spelled correctly?!?!?) at my local import/booze store. Yay!!

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Sody · Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 55