Japanese believe that drinking Sake is one of the finer pleasures in life, and in order to enjoy it to the fullest the Sake bottle you pour from and the Sake cup you pour into should be as beautiful or as interesting as possible. Handmade, hand-painted Sake bottles and cups are made all over Japan, in a tremendous variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. A delicious Sake becomes even more delicious when it is sipped from a one-of-a-kind Japanese Sake Set that delights the eye as well as the palate. (A famous Japanese proverb is "Me de taberu." "Eat with the eyes first, THEN with the palate.")