"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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We have a new Japanese restaurant that recently opened near us.
They serve something they call "box sake." Instead of the usual
small decanter, they pour into a an open-topped wooden box, about
three inches square, from which you then drink. The sake is
supposedly enhanced by the taste of the wood.



The group has already answered the question but I just wanted to add a
comment. Japanese companies will often have special masus made up for a
plant opening or joint venture opening. I have four or five downstairs that
I got that way. Toray Engineering America, Aska America and Oil-less
America are the ones I remember. Two of the three have closed their doors
due the bad business here and in Japan.