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Season 1, Episode 8.  Ninjas are notoriously hard to pin down, but we were very lucky to recruit the nicest ninja in NYC to join the Sake Revolution and to sit down for an interview and kanpai.  That Ninja, of course, would be Chris Johnson, the Sake Ninja.  Chris tells us how the sake ninja title came to be.  I won't give it away, but you may be shocked, shocked I say, to learn it does involve a late night drinking party at NY's rough and ready Sake Bar Decibel.  And how about falling in love with premium sake on your last night in Japan after living there for three years.  That's like having your first Zabar's bagel the day you move out of New York.  And that's just the beginning for our fun talk with C.J. Today's pod is also a deep dive into the sakes of Gunma Prefecture. Gunma is one of Japan's land-locked Prefectures with abundant mountains, but no direct access to the sea.  I turns out that none of us have ever actually been to Gunma, but based on our tasting, we now all want to go.  "Gentle notes of wafting melon" was a common refrain for this tasting session.