A particular winter ingesting occasion you gained’t need to miss.
There are a lot of locations the place you may take pleasure in a tipple in Japan, however these in search of a very Japanese expertise will need to head to a particular winter occasion the place you may drink sake on a prepare station platform.
Known as “Oden and Atsukan Station“, with “oden” being a scorching fishcake onepot dish and “atsukan” being the phrase for “scorching sake“, this particular occasion pops up from time to time and sells out nearly instantly attributable to recognition. What makes it so widespread is that it offers guests the uncommon likelihood to sip scorching Japanese sake whereas having fun with scorching meals at Ryogoku Station’s legendary “phantom platform”.
▼ Ryogoku Station is near the Nationwide Sumo Area.
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The platform will get its identify from the truth that it was final used to serve passengers three many years in the past. Because it’s now closed to the general public however clearly seen from passing trains and different platforms on the station, it has an elusive, mysterious high quality to it that makes it nicely suited to occasions and promotions.
▼ Like this one we noticed final 12 months, when it was used to advertise Netflix’s Japanese drama Sanctuary.
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The Phantom Platform might be reworked into a comfy, brightly lit area for Oden and Atsukan Station, the place guests will be capable of attempt a variety of sake, together with 10 varieties that gained prizes on this 12 months’s Nationwide Heat Sake Contest.
With 10 licensed sake brewers on the premises, serving drinks at optimum temperatures, all employees are professionals within the subject who’re capable of offer you tasting notes and steerage on selecting the best sake for you.
▼ Oden and Atsukan Station.
Whereas sipping high-quality award-winning scorching sakes is interesting in itself, one other spotlight is the possibility to take pleasure in your drinks whereas seated beneath the cosy heat of a heated kotatsu desk. Although these tables are restricted to those that nab them on a first-come-first-served foundation, each customer will obtain a bowl of oden and 10 drink tickets, to be exchanged to your selection of sakes.
There’s additionally the added bonus of having the ability to watch trains whizz by you on the platform, creating a novel vibe you gained’t get at some other ingesting institution. Locations are restricted, although, so that you’ll have to order your one-hour spot within the schedule, which runs from 2:30-8:50 p.m. on 30 and 31 January, and 12:30-8:50 p.m. and 11:10 a.m.-4:10 p.m. on 1 and a pair of February respectively.
Tickets are priced at 3,500 yen (US$23.35) every, or 4,000 yen for a ticket that features a daytime strolling tour of the world and a go to to a sumo steady. Spots are certain to promote out quick so you’ll want to seize your ticket on-line once they go on sale from noon 9 December.
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