326. Bureiko, Shirafu, and Nominication: How Japan Bonds Over Drinks | お酒とコーヒー、飲めなくなるならどっち！？日本語ポッドキャストリレー

<p>If you could never drink alcohol or coffee again, which would you give up? For me the answer was easy — I don't drink — but the question led somewhere I didn't expect. Both drinks bring people together, but in completely different ways. I talk about 無礼講 bureiko (setting aside rank and formality over drinks), シラフ shirafu (being sober), and 飲みニュケーションnominication (bonding through drinking), plus two stories: friends in their 40s who quit alcohol and lost their circle, and an awkward moment at my new hobby club.</p><p>☕ Mentioned in this episode: I talked about people who choose not to drink in Episode #164, Sober Curious Lifestyle. If you'd like to hear more on that, it's here:</p><p><a href="https://www.sayurisaying.com/sober-curious-lifestyle/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.sayurisaying.com/sober-curious-lifestyle/</a></p><p>🎙️ This episode is part of the Japanese Podcast Relay — other hosts are answering the same question in their own episodes. Listen to all of them here:</p><p><a href="https://ruby-s.net/jpr/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠https://ruby-s.net/jpr/⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p>🎧 Full transcript, video, and more: <a href="https://sayurisaying.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://sayurisaying.com</a> </p><p>Search by episode number (e.g., “EP 120”) to find what you need!🐧 Join the Penguin Family for bonus content &amp; support the show! Your support helps keep this podcast alive and means a lot to me. Thank you for considering!</p><p>🩷 Support this podcast </p><p><a href="https://sayurisaying.com/support" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://sayurisaying.com/support</a></p>