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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The craft of sake-making involves a meticulous two-month process of steaming, fermenting, and pressing rice, water, yeast, and koji mould. Only rice grown in Japan can be used for the authentic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Origami Sake, a pioneer in American sake brewing, is thrilled to announce the launch of ZERO ... ZERO is crafted without alcohol-producing yeast, delivering all the complexity ...