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 ...

Now, it has provided another reason to celebrate. UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” as an Intangible Cultural ...

5 (UPI) --The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization added traditional Japanese ... presence in Japanese society. Sake brewing is an ancient technique for fermenting ...

As many sake breweries in Japan grapple with challenges such as an aging population of toji master brewers, a lack of ...

Sake has a rich history complete with dragons and gods in ancient Japan. Today, the rice wine is still sacred and has UNESCO recognition for its intangible cultural heritage. Explore the rice wine in ...

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

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 ...

It is past time for those discussions to happen. From that viewpoint, I am convinced that Japan’s traditional sake brewing skills being recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage is a ...

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 ...