Facebook, flickr and your photos
We want your photos!
Your Japanese food and drink photos, that is. Whether they’re of your homemade curryrice or that inarizushi you snapped last week on the flight to Los Angeles, we want you to share them with the world.
There are now two places to post your images. First, you can upload your photos to our facebook fan page.
Takikomi gohan - just one of the images you will find in our flickr group
Then there’s our brand-spanking-new flickr group.
If you’re not a member of either service and would like to take part, start by signing up – it’s free. Join us and start contributing.
You can also initiate discussions about all things food and drink related on both sites. Have a question about where to buy quality shochu or which Tokyo supermarkets sells imported Iberian jamon? You know where to ask.
So what are you waiting for? Sign in and show us what you’ve got!
Special Event: Japan Booze Blind LIVE
It’s almost hanami season!
Every year, Japanese throw outdoor parties beneath the sakura (cherry blossoms). Known as hanami, these flower-viewing parties are really just an excuse for families, co-workers or groups of friends to meet and drink together.
To celebrate the arrival of the cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan Eats is hosting an exclusive LIVE event. Hosted by Christopher Pellegrini, Japan Booze Blind will go out live Sunday, March 28th at 3 p.m. (Tokyo time) on Livestream. We know you’ll have questions about hanami season – what it is, and how best to celebrate it. We invite you to submit them via email (pellegrini@japaneats.tv) or in the chatroom during the show.
This is your chance to get involved. We look forward to hearing what you have to say!
Japan Eats on Livestream
As part of our neverending quest to bond with you over food and drink as much as possible, we here at Japan Eats are expanding into live broadcasts (or, rather narrowcasts) as well as our existing recorded shows: Japan Booze, Blind and the forthcoming Tokyo Bites.
For now, it’s just fun and games, though. Join us early Thursday afternoon (exact time TBA) to participate in the first ever Japan Eats Live Throwdown, or whatever we end up calling it – everything is up in the air and open to your suggestions at this point.
So, please come around and join JBB Host Christopher Pellegrini, Japan Eats video Director Marcus Lovitt, and Producer Garrett DeOrio for some food and drink and, more important, to help us decide what should come next in the future of live video for Japan Eats.
So come visit our Livestream page.
We’ll be talking about what’s coming up for the site and taking questions and comments about all things food, drink, and Japan. We hope to see you there.
Video release schedule
Japaneats.tv has been up and running for a couple of months now, and we’ve been thrilled by the response to the site. Looking at the stats, its clear that there’s an audience for what we’re doing, and we want to thank you for your support.
A number of people have been asking about our video release schedule. How often do we release episodes to the site/iTunes?
We’re aiming to release our videos every two weeks, usually on a Wednesday morning (Tokyo time). Naturally, this won’t always be possible due to public holidays or key personnel running off overseas. Nevertheless, we’ll do our best be consistent with our video updates.
As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts on the shows. You can leave a comment on the site itself, or on our Vimeo/YouTube pages. And don’t forget we can also be found on Twitter (@japaneats and @japaneats.tv).
Japan Booze Blind
It seemed simple enough: make few short videos introducing Japanese drinks to the widest possible audience. We’d give it a funky title and film ourselves bar hopping around Tokyo.
That was the plan, anyway. Several months and countless ‘tastings’ later, the fruits of our labor are finally online for all to see. And of course, it all took a little more work than we had originally anticipated.
Hosted by Christopher ‘I’m a lover, not a fighter’ Pellegrini and filmed on location in some of Tokyo’s best bars, Japan Booze Blind is the product of a dedicated cast and crew.
Producer Garrett ‘I wrote the Wikipedia’ DeOrio not only did the research, he paid for most of the drinks as well.
Alastair ‘I took these in Burma’ Slade and Kayo ‘I don’t have time for sleep’ Shimizu shot the show, finding the best angles in cramped kitchens and on Tokyo’s crowded streets.
Brian ‘The Boom’ Parker battled nearby construction and an overweight bag of sound gear to provide sound on those episodes in which you can’t hear the Director shouting at the cast.
Editor Takeshi ‘The Adjuster’ Fumimota cut the show, as well as provided much-needed Karmic advice.
We were lucky enough to convince many great bars to let us shoot in their establishments. Thanks to Hide (Kadozakura), Traci (The Pink Cow), Johnny (Las Meninas), Take (Garuda) Duncan and Hana (The Lighthouse) for waking up early to open up for us.
Then there’s the guests. To James, Tony, The Daves, Melinda, Simon, Duncan, Alby, Dusty, Naima and Mieko we say thank you. You’re welcome back on the show anytime.
As always we at JBB remind you to drink responsibly – take the blindfold off before pouring for a friend.
Marcus Lovitt
Yokoso!
Japan Eats: Yokoso!
Welcome to Japan Eats, your portal to the wonderful world of Japanese food and drink.
Here you’ll find all kinds of content related to Japanese cuisine. There are videos (our drink show, Japan Booze Blind), restaurant reviews, recipes and plenty of delicious-looking food porn.
Japan Eats can also be found on elsewhere on the web. There’s our Facebook page where you can join in the conversation on the discussions page. And of course, we can also be found on Twitter.
We welcome your feedback. If you have questions or comments, email admin@japaneats.tv.
We hope you have fun on the site!
The Japan Eats team
