Season 1. Episode 47. Today we focus on another "Sake Spotlight" - this time we travel to the smallest of Japan's main islands - Shikoku - as we visit Kochi prefecture. Kochi is an interesting place for sake. While it doesn't have a huge amount of sake breweries - just 18 at last count - it does have an oversized amount of local sake culture. The breweries are known to favor collaboration and this boosts the overall reputation of Kochi sake quite a bit. In addition to that, Kochi is known as a hard-drinking and rural locale, deeply tied to the bounty of the ocean. Katsuo no tataki (seared skip jack tuna) is the local mainstay dish - it goes without saying that it pairs to perfection with Kochi's extra-dry style of sake. These generally dry and bolder flavors of Kochi-style sake are easy to love. Kochi also seems to be ground zero for sake drinking games as well. Beer pong, stand aside! Kochi brings us "kiku no hana" a get-drunk-fast scheme involving hiding a chrysanthemum blossom under overturned sake cups and "bekuhai" a game that has us spinning a top and drinking out of some funky looking sake cups - kind of a no-kissing spin the bottle. The real story here, however, is the hospitality of the people of Kochi - it lies at the source of all the good food and drink of this region. Join John and Tim as they dive deep into the much loved world of Kochi sakes.