Wine as Marker of Social Change
Japan fieldwork, October 2008
The relationship between me and my camera is often a fraught one. When the light is good, and the subject still, we get on well. But when conditions are not so good, mutual incomprehension can quickly set in. The selection below is governed largely by picture quality and the time available to take photos
Tim Beal
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The old order
Tokyo Focus Group#1
Takunori Shiomi (organiser); Yuki Kimura; Akiko Watanabe; Mika Shigemoto
Tokyo sights
Craig Pettigrew, Trade Development Executive, NZTE
Tomonori Iwao, Associate Director of Food & Beverage, Grand Hyatt Tokyo
Motoko Ishii,
Consultant to NZ Winegrowers
Tokyo Focus group #2
Yasuko Yumisaki (Organiser), Yumi Fujiwara, Maiko Kubo, Miki Shimatani, Shigeo Fujita (Restaurateur)
Jason Hill, Regional Manager Japan, Tourism New Zealand
Rebecca Palmer, DominionPost/Asahi Shimbun
Yoshiji Sato, Shuhan News
Alison Jambert (Communications Director), Ayako Chujo (President), Eat Creative
Tokyo Focus Group #3
Akari Kano (organiser), Futaba Mizuno
Takehashi Ishiguro, AoteaRangi restaurant, Ebisu
Osaka sights
Kyoto sights
Exploring Kyoto with Kaori Takeda, NZ-Wines.co.nz, Kansai
Toshinori Tachino, Wine Manager/JSA Wine Advisor, Brad Croft, Kinoshita International Co Ltd
Osaka sights
Noriko Hada, Online Wassy's, Osaka
Osaka Focus Group
Kaori Takeda, Noriko Hada, Takakiyo Tanimizu, Mieko Takahara, Masashi Umeda, Yuri Umeda
Wassy's Dining Souple, Osaka
Marcohall wine shop, Nagoya
Kenichi Ohashi, Yamajin Wine Shop
Kobe sights
Kaori Takeda, NZ-Wines.co.nz, Kansai
Sake goes screwcap
Japanese domestic wine
