TRAVELLIVE MAGAZINE Travellive 04-2016 | Page 131

travel Perhaps April is the best time to visit Yamanashi and Ibaraki. You can enjoy a bottle from the last batch of Sake produced in the snowy season, “hunt” for Sakura - a wine only produced during the cherry blossom season in April. In the meantime as summer approaches, try a fresh bottle of sweet Umeshu. (*) Umaii in Japanese means something that tastes good or is delicious. Text and photos: Cac Truc TRAVELLIVE 131