That Friday, it snowed in Tokyo. As the dancing snowflakes turned into a relentless downpour of ordinary rain, a few souls braved the elements to spend a cold February afternoon in Ueno Park. Not in the warmth of a cafe or shelter of a museum, but at an open-air festival in .
Justifying such a reckless act likely to result in a nasty cold was the promise of sake.
The first day of ??(held between Feb. 10 and 12) wasn¡¯t blessed with the sunshine that would grace the event the forthcoming weekend, but it nonetheless delivered live music, hearty comfort foods and a dizzying choice of drinks dominated, but by no means monopolized, by nihonshu (Japanese sake).
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