Last night I went to a family restaurant near my place in hopes that I could concentrate on some work. Umm nope - too many screaming children. Before heading back home I dropped by a bookstore to see if I could possibly find a manga series I read about in the afternoon. Taken by surprise that I was actually able to recognize the title’s kanji and locate the series, I had to buy the first two books.

Not “new” in Japan but recently written about, “kami no shizuku” is a manga series with two wine connaisseurs as the main characters. Stories intertwined with wine reviews and tasting have made it a sort of “wine textbook” among university students. There has also been notable boosts in the sales of wines featured in the manga (authors’ choices - not advertising).

Got into it last night (with my DS dictionary by my side) and it makes me really want to drink wine (haha of course). No really…the artwork is really good at conveying what a wine might taste like and what the wine drinking experience is.

This is extra motivation to study my kanji!