On Sep 4, 9:58 am, Medgya <medgya...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sep 3, 3:30 pm, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > A question for the senpaitachi. Is it possible to buy real "european
> > style" butter somewhere? In Tokyo and other big cities perhaps? The
> > type of butter made from fresh or cultured unpasteurized cream, as
> > opposed to pasteurized cream based butter.
>
> In principle I think it should be possible because I've been told that
> Japan allows importation of cheeses made with unpasteurized milk.
> Whether anybody considers it profitable to do so is a harder question,
> I imagine, since it wouldn't last nearly as long. A friend told me
> about a cheese shop around Atago that has a good selection of "real"
> cheeses. I'll find out the name of the shop... maybe they can give you
> a lead?

I'll assume thats Atago in Tokyo not Kyoto. I'll be in Kyoto again
next weekend.

Any assistance would be much appreciated. After the "great butter
shortage of 2008", I've decided to become a little picky. A few
friends (bastards!) airfreighted some lovely butter, cheeses and some
real cream a while back, and now that my craving for the good stuff
has returned, I'm out of stock.