At a Tokyo brewery dating back to the days of the samurai, Koichi Maesako drops a 3-metre-long wooden paddle into a giant, ...

TOKYO -- Japanese sake, which is set to make a UNESCO list for its traditional brewing technique, is in the midst of an international boom, with exports soaring 70% in three years. Sake plays an ...

An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and shochu distilled spirits be included in its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, putting their ...

There's a set of unspoken rules that ... There’s even a saying used by Japanese sake brewers, “Ichi koji, ni moto, san ...

Luckily, there is more Japanese sake available at local wine shops or ... “Before the launch of the new tool, we offered pre-selected tasting sets but inevitably, we had to guess our potential ...