About
About
Sake Sumo Journal is a quiet, reader-supported journal about food, travel, photography, and observation—rooted mostly in Japan, and sometimes elsewhere.
It’s a place for slow stories. For walking without a plan. For meals that linger, towns that don’t try to impress, and moments that feel small but stay with you.
We’re surrounded by so much content now—endless posts, endless opinions, endless speed. Much of it is optimized, automated, or amplified by systems that don’t really care whether something is meaningful, only whether it performs. It's monotonous and overwhelming.
This journal is a small step in the opposite direction.
Here, things are shared slowly and deliberately. Not everything is urgent. Not everything needs an audience but some things are worth noticing anyway.
About me
My name is Jason Adamson. I live and work in Japan.
I’m a photographer, tour guide and curator with saketours.com, and I’ve spent years studying Japanese sake, food culture, and regional travel. I hold a Master’s degree in Gastronomic Tourism from Le Cordon Bleu as well as a few other degrees, but my education has mostly come from trains, kitchens, bars, mountains, and conversations with people along the way.
Photography is how I pay attention. Writing is how I make sense of the world.
I've started this journal as a way to document and share an adventure I am about to undertake in the summer of 2026. The Shikoku Henro 88 temple pilgrimage - 1300Kms (800 miles) of walking around the island of Shikoku.
This journal isn’t meant to be authoritative or exhaustive. It’s personal. Observational. Sometimes reflective. Sometimes practical. Often unfinished in the way real experiences are.
About the journal
Some posts on Sake Sumo Journal are free. Others are for members who choose to support the work.
A paid subscription helps keep this independent, unrushed, and human—and makes it possible to spend time on stories that don’t fit neatly into algorithms or itineraries.
If you’re looking for hype, rankings, or constant updates, this probably isn’t for you.
If you enjoy thoughtful writing, quiet photography, and stories that unfold at their own pace, you’re very welcome here.