CALPIS (not "cow-piss") sold as CALPICO outside Japan, was officially launched on July 7th 1919 as a refreshing yogurt drink. The catch: it was inspired by Mongolian milky booze🍶
Always got a good laugh out of this as a 20-year old kid visiting Japan for the first time in the early 90s. Vending machines - with beer?! And what’s this … Calpis? You go first!
Just FYI there is a nigori sake that deliberately cultivates the Calpis taste.
カルシス/Calushisu from 久米桜酒造 (Kumezakura shuzo) in Hoki, Tottori. Not that far from the Sakaiminato and the Mizuki Shigeru museum you just wrote about....
Jake Adelstein, so our term for our own galaxy’s appearance in our night sky, Milky Way, is used by Japanese people and with a direct translation of the term “milky”? Thank you.
Always got a good laugh out of this as a 20-year old kid visiting Japan for the first time in the early 90s. Vending machines - with beer?! And what’s this … Calpis? You go first!
I never thought it sounded like "cow piss" until after I learned it was rebranded Calpico overseas. The taste on the other hand...
Wait—you’re not a fan of the delicious taste of Calpico?
Perhaps in competition as a sports drink moniker with Pocari Sweat?
Of all Japan’s Sports Drinks, Pocari Sweat is probably still my favorite.
Just FYI there is a nigori sake that deliberately cultivates the Calpis taste.
カルシス/Calushisu from 久米桜酒造 (Kumezakura shuzo) in Hoki, Tottori. Not that far from the Sakaiminato and the Mizuki Shigeru museum you just wrote about....
Jake Adelstein, so our term for our own galaxy’s appearance in our night sky, Milky Way, is used by Japanese people and with a direct translation of the term “milky”? Thank you.