Comments on: Hold the ice, but please do add the pit viper

By: Damien Harmon

Damien Harmon — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:11:00 +0000

I’ve had in the Honch in Yokosuka. It is really good but it made my heart slow down a little bit other than that I had no bad side effects.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Fri, 04 May 2007 01:32:11 +0000

I had this in Okinawa. They also serve it with OJ. I went to a Pineapple Farm place and they sold all sorts of Habu things such as dried and powderized Habu. Apparently it was to increase stamina and some other stuff. They used to fight the Habu snakes against Cocks. Tastes harsh.

By: JOHN BROWN

JOHN BROWN — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:33:38 +0000

I AGRE WITH CJ CASEY, AS WHEN I WAS AT THE US NAVYBASE @ YOKOSUKA ENTERTAINING MYSELF USMC MAJOR, 2 USMC LT GEN.’S, AND WE AGREED TO TRY THIS. THINGS WERE SHALL WE SAY DIFFERENT THAT NIGHT. I KNOW I REGRETED IT THE NEXT MORNING, AND LT. GEN FRANKEL ACTUALLY POSED FOR PICTURES HOLDING A JAR WITH SNAKE HIGH IN THE AIR! LIKE I SAID I WAS A MAJOR, A MAJOR HEADACHE! HA HA HA

By: anko

anko — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:24:40 +0000

not dangerous enough…I’m thinking a live panda lounging in bathtub gin.

By: Miles

Miles — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:41:19 +0000

I visited the factory where they make the stuff (snakes galore) on the main island of Okinawa (capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom in centuries past), and brought back a bottle with me. Apparently, once you’re done drinkin the sake, you’re supposed to fill it with new sake, so you can tap into all that extra snaky goodness. I found it kind of harsh, and it’s kind of harsh to even look at the bottle (which I keep inside the box it arrive it, so it won’t stare at me).

By: CJ Casey

CJ Casey — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:39:37 +0000

Isn’t it wonderful, the opportunities for cultural enhancement provided to members of the US military? Hey, if you ever do a post on eating moving things, I can comment on that, too.

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:46:02 +0000

I def had some in Okinawa. They love serving it to the guys stationed at Kadena airforce base.

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:46:18 +0000

Had the same thing while stationed in Korea. Of course I barely remember the incident, but I do have a t-shirt hidden away somewhere.

By: CJ Casey

CJ Casey — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:29:05 +0000

You can get it in a lot of the bars in the Honcho district of Yokosuka, right outside the US Navy base, and you can find it in many bars in Osaka, too… maybe a few of the darker bars in Tokyo. It’s served right out of the jar with a bamboo pitcher and drank in one double-shot sized gulp, at room temperature. It has a tangy, smokey taste, and if you have two or more, you will definitely feel the venom (makes your whole body tingle) and the next morning, you’ll really wish it had just killed you. It’s usually drunk under the same conditions as Jaeger shots in the states… after everyone’s already lit, someone will buy a round of habusake.