When in Japan, drink like a Japanese

One of the pleasures of being in Japan is drinking fresh squeezed Chu-hi.

Chu-hi is a shochu (rice whiskey)-based drink that's mixed with juice and sparkling water.
It's refreshing, with a nice kick.

You can buy it canned, but I like it best when I've squeezed it myself.

It's available in many flavors - lemon, plum, and lime, for example - but my favorite is grapefruit.

I used to joke about creating a new alchoholic drink for children called, 'pikachu-hi'. 

Get it? Pikachu and chu-hi? Yeah, no else thought it was funny either...

Here, I'm pouring the grapefruit juice into my glass and getting ready to say, "kanpai"!

Tomorrow, we're off to Singapore.