Neojaponisme Videocast #2: Highballs in a Can
Néojaponisme‘s second-ever Néojaponisme Videocast is now on YouTube. Watch in HD!
In this second episode, Marxy, writer/translator Matt Alt, and writer Patrick Macias do a taste test of five Japanese “highballs in a can” (whiskey sodas pre-packaged for quick consumption and sold at convenience stores) in Matt Alt’s Tokyo basement. Beverages include Black Nikka Highball, Seiyu Highball, Tory’s Highball, I.W. Harper Highball, and Jack Daniel’s Highball — one of which may be the worst beverage sold in stores today.
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January 11, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Thanks. I enjoyed it. I’m always a little unsure what the heck Neojapanisme is, so it’s comforting to know it involves alcohol.
January 11, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Erf. Including how to spell it. 失礼しました。
January 11, 2012 at 2:19 pm
It’s our fault for not picking a less pretentious name.
January 11, 2012 at 10:32 pm
This got me to pick up a Black Nikka highball and now I’m never going back.
I was doing Tory’s all this time…
January 11, 2012 at 10:44 pm
I think it has to do with calligraphy.
January 12, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Just think. I will be legal to drink in a few months. I will then be able to mix Jack Daniels with soda pop.
January 12, 2012 at 8:32 pm
I’m delighted by these series and glad if you keep making the cultural aspect relevant…
January 16, 2012 at 2:01 am
[...] Néojaponisme Videocast #2 – Japanese Whiskey Highballs: Néojaponisme continues its video series of three j-bloggers reviewing cheap canned beverages. Last time it was so-called “third-category” beers, this time around they sample canned whiskey. I guarantee you that this is the only video you will ever see that talks about cheap Japanese liquor in the same breath as the Tarot of Marseilles. [via Néojaponisme] [...]