Tripatini contributor Linda Cooper writes:

"It was up in Nikko where I experienced a full-circle moment at the Katayama Suzo Sake Brewery. Kampai!.While enjoying my sake tasting and interview with the company’s sixth-generation sake maker, our translator/guide shared my Japanese claim to fame with the owner: having modeled as a 16-year-old for the well-known One Cup Ozeki Sake, gracing its wine label throughout Japan."

Read more in her post A Beautiful Bespoke Journey to Japan.