Abbie Gripman

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

I am a writer based in Flagstaff, Arizona. After a career in community journalism writing for newspapers in Arizona, Oregon, and Hawai'i, I'm now a student in Northern Arizona University's Creative Writing MFA program.

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Atsuo Sakurai poses with his Arizona Sake equipment in Holbrook, Arizona.

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The Elite Sake Brewer on Route 66

In the Arizona desert, Atsuo Sakurai found the freedom to make something great.

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