Producing a beverage through mold may sound unappetizing. But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...

UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. The decision to accept Japan’s proposal ...

Sake has been around for a long time, like really long. And there are some interesting fermentation techniques that helped ...

Sake in the U.S. is served in Japanese restaurants but typically not in other places. We asked one expert how this fermented ...

Sake making has a history of more than a thousand years, with strong roots in Japan's traditional Shinto religion. But when the liquor began to be mass produced during the Edo period, from 1603 ...

More specifically, UNESCO added the "traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan." "Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from grains and water that is deeply rooted in ...

Make your first stop at the Saka Shrine ... Imaoka is determined to maintain the purity of his sake by using labor-intensive traditional techniques, including, at the final stage, slowly pressing ...

Tsunan Sake Brewery aims to create new value through the fusion of traditional sake brewing and science, with a focus on expanding its presence in international markets.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in a statement, said he was “delighted” by the inscription of traditional sake-making, the traditional technic that Japan is proud of. Ishiba ...

Japan's Takehiro Kano, ambassador to UNESCO, reacts after the traditional Japanese brewing of sake was named Intangible Cultural Heritage during an UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Asuncion, ...