History

Hey, that's a really good question! Many people are curious about the relationship between these two. You can actually think of them as "long-lost relatives" – they might look a bit different, but the...

Ah, speaking of Karuizawa, this place in Japan is more than just a geographical name; it represents a specific feeling and lifestyle. Let's talk about it in simple terms, and you'll understand.

Speaking of Karuizawa's founding philosophy, it's quite interesting. Unlike many new distilleries today that start with a grand "brand story" or complex philosophy, Karuizawa's approach was incredibly...

The Karuizawa Distillery was founded in 1955. The company that established it was called "Daikoku Budoshu Co., Ltd." (大黑葡萄酒株式会社). You might not have heard of this company, as it primarily produced win...

Ah, speaking of Yamazaki, that's an excellent question. Calling it the "birthplace of Japanese whisky" is truly no exaggeration. You can understand it this way: before Yamazaki, there was no proper, d...

Ah, that's an excellent question! Many people think these three siblings operate independently, but in reality, their relationship runs deep, like brothers in a large family, each with a distinct pers...

Speaking of this topic, it's quite interesting. The impact of WWII on Japanese whisky, simply put, was like a double-edged sword: it almost destroyed it, yet in some ways, it also made it.

When we talk about the history of Japanese whisky, it's quite an interesting story, almost like a dramatic TV series with many twists and turns. I think there are a few key turning points: 1.

Haha, this question really gets to the "beginning" of Japanese whisky! The first commercial whisky distillery in Japan was the Yamazaki Distillery.

Ah, that's an excellent question. Many people studying history easily get bogged down, feeling as if they're being led by the author. Deconstructing this using "first principles" isn't as mysterious a...

Of course, we can talk about it; this is a very interesting question. We can imagine a civilization as an incredibly complex game or a giant company.

Their most frequent topics are strange and curious things, such as unsolved mysteries, aliens, doomsday prophecies, and urban legends. You could also describe it as a "paranormal + popular science" hy...

Yes, Gmail indeed started as an internal Google project, and its origin story is quite legendary, full of the free-spirited, innovative engineering culture characteristic of early Google.

Talking about the history of bicycles, it's truly an interesting evolutionary process, quite different from the bikes we see today. The earliest ancestor, invented around 1817 by a German named Karl v...

Hello! When we talk about the history of Château Mouton Rothschild, it's truly a magnificent comeback story. In the fiercely competitive left bank of Bordeaux, it stubbornly rewrote centuries-old rule...

Hello! When it comes to this topic, I'm wide awake. Speaking of the world's first truly meaningful humanoid robot, it has to be WABOT-1. Who is it? Where did it come from? Name: WABOT-1 (WAseda roBOT...

Hello! If we were to truly build a "Financial Crisis Museum," that would be incredibly fascinating. This place can't be too serious, or no one will understand it; it needs to feel like a "theme park" ...

Yes, absolutely, and the connection is very significant. The relationship between financial crises and political system changes is like a major earthquake and its post-quake reconstruction.

This is a very interesting, and also a very poignant, question. If I could only answer in one sentence, my reply would be: We learn some things, but we forget them even faster.

Yes, there were, and quite a few. However, ancient financial crises differed from what we refer to as "financial crises" today (like the one in 2008).