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From Shogun’s World to a New Spirit: Kanazawa’s Gin Awakens
Famed for its Samurai legacy and artisanal traditions, Kanazawa is also a city shaped by water. Fed by the sacred Mount Hakusan’s spring water and cradled between two rivers, its historic center and cultural life have long flourished on an intricate network of canals that make Kanazawa one of Japan’s great “water towns.” For centuries, this pristine water nurtured sake brewing during the Samurai era—today, it inspires a new chapter: world-class craft gin.

Leading this movement are two significant players in the industry, Alembic and Oriental Brewing —boutique distillers whose creations blend time-honored methods with modern innovation. With a dedication to incorporating select botanicals, some locally sourced, including spicebush (kuromoji) and other distinctive herbs and spices, they are reshaping the gin-making landscape one bottle at a time.
Alembic, Kanazawa’s first spirits distillery, is based in the historic port town of Ono, known for its fermented food culture. Its flagship Alembic Dry Gin HACHIBAN, crafted with eight botanicals including local ingredients and extra juniper berries, delivers fresh grapefruit-like citrus notes and complex layers of flavor, earning a Gold Medal at the IWSC 2023. Pursuing innovative gin-making rooted in the local community, Alembic also crafts small-batch releases aged in Portuguese Madeira wine casks—a rare practice in Japan—with plans for original casks from Ishikawa-grown wood.
Oriental Brewing, one of Kanazawa’s leading craft beer breweries, has applied the skills and expertise gained from beer brewing to create a truly one-of-a-kind gin. Using carefully selected local ingredients such as Kanazawa yuzu, Kaga bōcha (roasted stem tea), and kuromoji, they have also upcycled sake rice bran—normally removed and discarded during sake production—through their distillation techniques, resulting in blanc, a craft gin with a subtle, natural sweetness from the rice.
Kanazawa’s rise as a premier gin destination is fueled by its enviable location between the Sea of Japan and the Japanese Alps, offering a rich variety of botanicals and access to pristine mountain water. Today, visitors and gin enthusiasts alike can enjoy enhanced experiences—meeting master distillers, joining guided tastings paired with fresh local cuisine, and sampling exclusive limited releases unavailable anywhere else in the world.
Photo credit- Oriental Brewing
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NVIDIA and AWS Expand Collaboration to Accelerate Production-Scale AI Deployment
SANTA CLARA, CalifNVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced new advancements designed to help organizations deploy artificial intelligence applications at production scale with improved performance, efficiency, and operational simplicity. The collaboration introduces Amazon EC2 G7 instances powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, expands GPU-accelerated vector search capabilities in Amazon OpenSearch […]
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NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced new advancements designed to help organizations deploy artificial intelligence applications at production scale with improved performance, efficiency, and operational simplicity.
The collaboration introduces Amazon EC2 G7 instances powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, expands GPU-accelerated vector search capabilities in Amazon OpenSearch Serverless through NVIDIA cuVS, and highlights AWS’s achievement of NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud status for NVIDIA GB300 training workloads.
The new Amazon EC2 G7 instances are engineered to support AI inference, graphics, spatial computing, video processing, and data analytics workloads. Compared with previous-generation G6 instances, G7 offers significant gains in AI inference and graphics performance while enabling organizations to scale workloads efficiently through flexible GPU configurations.
AWS also announced that Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now uses GPU-accelerated vector indexing powered by NVIDIA cuVS as the default option for vector collections. This enhancement is designed to accelerate retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, recommendation systems, and agentic AI applications while reducing infrastructure complexity and costs.
According to AWS and NVIDIA, the integration can deliver vector indexing speeds up to 10 times faster and at substantially lower cost compared with CPU-only approaches, helping organizations build and deploy large-scale AI retrieval systems more efficiently.
In addition, AWS has achieved NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud status for NVIDIA GB300 training workloads, demonstrating performance that meets NVIDIA’s reference architecture standards for large-scale AI training environments. The designation reflects ongoing engineering collaboration between the two companies to optimize cloud infrastructure for advanced AI applications.
“These advancements provide organizations with a stronger foundation for building, training, and deploying AI at scale,” the companies said. “By combining high-performance computing, accelerated data retrieval, and optimized training infrastructure, AWS and NVIDIA are helping customers move AI initiatives from development to production more efficiently.”
The latest innovations reinforce AWS and NVIDIA’s commitment to delivering production-ready AI infrastructure that supports enterprise-scale workloads while minimizing operational overhead.
For more information, visit the AWS and NVIDIA websites.
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Nick Robinson Announces New Book Thriving in the Wilderness
Durant, OklahomaNew inspirational release explores resilience, purpose, and personal growth during life’s most difficult seasons. Author Nick Robinson announces the release of Thriving in the Wilderness: Discovering the Secrets God Has Hidden in the Dry and Difficult Seasons of Life, an inspirational book written for readers navigating hardship, uncertainty, and seasons of personal challenge. In Thriving […]
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New inspirational release explores resilience, purpose, and personal growth during life’s most difficult seasons.
Author Nick Robinson announces the release of Thriving in the Wilderness: Discovering the Secrets God Has Hidden in the Dry and Difficult Seasons of Life, an inspirational book written for readers navigating hardship, uncertainty, and seasons of personal challenge.
In Thriving in the Wilderness, Robinson explores the idea that difficult seasons can become turning points rather than setbacks. Through personal reflection, timeless life lessons, and examples of endurance, the book encourages readers to look at hardship as a period of preparation, growth, and renewed direction.

The book examines common struggles such as discouragement, waiting, loss, fear, frustration, and the search for meaning. Robinson presents the “wilderness” as a symbol for the dry and difficult periods people often face, whether emotionally, personally, professionally, or spiritually. Rather than viewing those seasons as wasted time, he invites readers to see them as opportunities to develop strength, character, patience, and purpose.
“I have personally walked through many wilderness experiences,” Robinson shares in the book. “Through these times I have learned to put my trust in the Lord and not lean on my own understanding.”
Thriving in the Wilderness is designed for readers who may feel stuck, overlooked, or uncertain about what comes next. Robinson offers practical encouragement for moving through difficult moments without losing hope, identity, or direction.
The book also includes reflection sections that invite readers to examine their own experiences and consider what they may be learning through the challenges they face. With its accessible message and encouraging tone, Thriving in the Wilderness reminds readers that difficult seasons can shape them for something greater.
About the Author
Nick Robinson is an author whose writing focuses on personal growth, resilience, encouragement, and finding purpose through difficult seasons of life. Drawing from his own experiences and years of reflection, Robinson writes to help readers move through challenges with strength, patience, and renewed perspective.
Author Name: Nick Robinson Book Title: Thriving in the Wilderness Book Published by: Visionary Book Publishers
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Nicola Burley Announces Children’s Book Savannah and Jude Play Pretend
Mansfield, PennsylvaniaThe new picture book celebrates friendship, imagination, counting, animal sounds, and the joy of pretend play. Author Nicola Burley announces the release of Savannah and Jude Play Pretend, a children’s picture book that follows a little girl, her dog, and a growing group of animal friends on a cheerful journey filled with curiosity, counting, and […]
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
The new picture book celebrates friendship, imagination, counting, animal sounds, and the joy of pretend play.
Author Nicola Burley announces the release of Savannah and Jude Play Pretend, a children’s picture book that follows a little girl, her dog, and a growing group of animal friends on a cheerful journey filled with curiosity, counting, and imagination.

The story begins with Jude, a friendly dog, setting off to find Savannah, her special friend, so they can play pretend. Along the way, Jude meets Black Cat, Tiny Mouse, Yellow Chick, Buzzy Bee, and Green Frog. Each new friend joins the walk, adding playful sounds, movement, and excitement to the adventure.
Written for young children, Savannah and Jude Play Pretend uses simple language, repetition, and interactive moments to keep early readers engaged. As the characters count their steps, listen for sounds, and discover new animals, children are invited to follow along and take part in the story.
The book also includes early learning elements, such as counting, identifying animal sounds, recognizing colors, and observing weather. From raindrops and a rainbow to a pretend tea party, the story creates a warm and familiar world where children can learn while enjoying imaginative play.
Burley’s story is inspired by family, friendship, and the special bond between a child and a beloved pet. With bright illustrations and a gentle rhythm, the book offers parents, caregivers, and educators a read-aloud story designed to encourage creativity, listening skills, and shared reading time.
Savannah and Jude Play Pretend is written for children who enjoy animals, playful adventures, and stories that invite them to imagine, count, and explore. The book reminds readers that even a simple walk can become an exciting adventure when friends join in.
About the Author
Nicola Burley is the author of Savannah and Jude Play Pretend, a children’s picture book inspired by family, imagination, and the joyful bond between Savannah and Jude the dog. Her writing focuses on creating warm, simple, and engaging stories for young readers.
Author Name: Nicola Burley
Book Title: Savannah and Jude Play Pretend Book
Published by: City Light Publishers
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