TRAVELLIVE MAGAZINE Travellive 10-2016

scent, Sake is quite mild and suitable for gentlemen to drink slowly with friends. Sake is also renowned for its unique features which relate to the isolated location of Japan, especially Kobe. Because of differences in climate, natural features and cooking styles in various regions all across Japan, breweries perfect their own types of sake. While sweeter sake is popular in Hiroshima, Kochi is well-known for drier sake which has a higher concentration of acidity. Sake in Kobe is known as the mixture of 5 tastes: sweet, bitter, sour, spicy and mentholated. It's more important to find a suitable context to enjoy sake. Kobe has more than beef to offer. When you travel there, Japanese don't forget to visit the Sake Brewery Museum to check your people often drinking capacity or just to sip this famous wine drink with their friends while taking in the beauty of the full It's easy to understand that not many moon, falling snow, blossoming cherry people are willing to enjoy Kobe trees or the majestic Fuji Mountain. beef which costs about USD300 per When sipping sake, I just think of kilogram. However, most gourmands Trang An, the most suitable place to share the same opinion, Kobe beef is enjoy wine in Viet Nam. Nothing could one of those dishes which must be tried be more pleasant than enjoying good before you die. wine while sailing along the river to conte mplate the gorgeous view of this SAKE - JAPANESE NATIONAL World heritage site. SPIRIT Kobe has more than beef to offer. When you travel there, don't forget to visit the Sake Brewery Museum to check your drinking capacity or just to sip this famous wine. Sake is a Japanese wine made by fermenting rice. Rice is polished and steamed before being brewed (koji rice). With a pleasant Nowadays, wine, beer, whisky and other imported spirits are more popular in Japan; however, Sake continues to play an important role. The Japanese always attempt to learn new things but never forget their traditional values. It is also the reason why Sake is considered the national beverage which any visitor coming to this country must try. TH§NG TIN TH£M FURTHER INFORMATION + Ti“n t÷ ßÂng ti“n Î NhÀt B∂n lµ ÆÂng Y™n (JPY). 1 JPY t≠¨ng Æ≠¨ng 196 VND; 1 USD t≠¨ng Æ≠¨ng 95 JPY. ô NhÀt, Æ¨n v ti“n t÷ ch›nh dÔng Æ” trao ÆÊi lµ ti“n Y™n, tuy vÀy Æ´la M¸ v…n Æ≠Óc ÆÊi tπi c∏c qu«y ÆÊi ti“n ho∆c s©n bay. + `ng xˆ n¨i c´ng cÈng T≠¨ng t˘ ph≠¨ng T©y, ng≠Íi NhÀt r†t coi tr‰ng s˘ ri™ng t≠ v◊ vÀy c≠Íi lÌn hay n„i to Î n¨i c´ng cÈng sœ coi lµ hµnh vi khi’m nh∑. X∂ r∏c hay hÛt thuËc Î nh˜ng n¨i c„ bi”n c†m sœ b phπt n∆ng. + ßi÷n thoπi ßi÷n thoπi Î kh∏ch sπn r†t Ææt. V◊ th’, bπn n™n b· xu tr˘c ti’p vµo c∏c buÂng Æi÷n thoπi c´ng cÈng Æ” ti’t ki÷m chi ph›. MÈt cuÈc g‰i nÈi thµnh lµ kho∂ng 100 Y™n. ßËi vÌi Æi÷n thoπi di ÆÈng, c„ th” Æ®ng k˝ roaming tπi Vi÷t Nam nh≠ng ph∂i c„ 3G mÌi sˆ dÙng Æ≠Óc Î NhÀt. + V®n h„a ti“n tip Ng≠Íi NhÀt kh´ng c„ th„i quen nhÀn ti“n tip v◊ h‰ sœ cho lµ c∏ nh©n b xÛc phπm. Bπn kh´ng c«n qu∏ ∏y n∏y v◊ trong m‰i dch vÙ bπn y™u c«u Æ∑ bao gÂm kho∂n ti“n nµy. Vi÷c b bÂi bµn ÆuÊi theo tr∂ lπi v◊ ngh‹ rªng bπn Æ” qu™n ti“n thıa m∆c dÔ bπn cË ˝ lµm th’ lµ chuy÷n th≠Íng t◊nh. + Currency: JPY 1JPY ~ 196 VND 1 USD ~ 95 JPY You can exchange USD to JPY in exchange offices or at the airport. + Behavior in public areas: It's considered impolite or even rude for you to make noise or laugh out loud in public areas. You will be fined if you leave litter or smoke at the areas where there is a prohibit sign. + Phone: Calling with the hotel's phone is very expensive. Therefore, you should use public telephone booths. An inner city call costs about 100JPY. If you use a mobile phone, you can register for roaming in Vietnam and use 3G in Japan. + Tipping: There is no tipping in Japan. To tip someone is considered a little insulting because the service is covered by the given price. A waiter or waitress might chase you to give back the money you happen to leave. TRAVELLIVE 123

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