OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in ...

TOKYO/YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- As Japanese cuisine's popularity soars overseas, sake breweries are seeking to take advantage of the boom with local governments chipping in to promote the traditional ...

Make your first stop at the Saka Shrine, which enshrines Kusunokami, the god of sake brewing, and is said to be the origin of the word “sake.” In fall, you’ll find local toji (master brewers ...

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It is a drink with a pedigree dating back to ancient Japan. Sake, the traditional rice wine also known as nihonshu, today ranks alongside sushi as one of Japan’s most famous exports. The mild ...

The company will donate all the proceeds to space development organizations in Japan. Asahi Shuzo exports premium sake to over 35 countries and recorded 15% of the total sake export from Japan in ...

The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (JSS) has released 2024 sake export data. The total export value reached JPY 43.5 billion, a +6% increase from the previous year, with 3.45 million ...