Kobe Bryant -- Sipping on Sake!! Blame Vanessa Or Maybe He's All Growed Up (VIDEO)

Kobe Bryant Sipping on Sake!! Blame Vanessa ... Or Maybe He's All Growed Up

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Kobe Bryant's romantic night out in Japan with his wife is sparking a battle royale in our office -- prepare to join the melee.

The issue: Kobe and Vanessa went out for dinner in Tokyo and ordered sake. Totally NON-controversial -- right up until they drank the sake.

Kobe's A Wuss?

After a kiss, they SIP from their sake glasses!! PINKIES OUT, EVEN. Heavy drinkers are pissed. Their point is sake should be slammed like a shot (it's in a shot glass, after all) ... especially by Kobe. They're insinuating the sip must be Vanessa's idea.

However, every etiquette guide to drinking sake points out it is actually supposed to be sipped. That is, unless you're an uncultured 22-year-old frat boy.

So, we gotta ask ...