In spite of the fact that homebrewing is still illegal, the Japanese government allowed for inns and restaurants in special ...

If you like Japanese food, you may enjoy Japanese sake as well. But many of us drink sake only with Japanese food. The world is changing, though: non-Japanese restaurants now have sake on their ...

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 ...

TOKYO – Japan’s sake breweries are staring down the threat of declining demand at home as consumer preferences shift to other alcoholic beverages like beer and wine – if they are still ...

If you're shopping for alcohol from Eastern Asia, you need to first read the label to know what you're getting. You don't ...

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 ...

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)--An advisory panel to UNESCO has sought to register traditional Japanese sake brewing techniques using koji mold as intangible cultural heritage, Japan's Cultural ...

A man mixes mash during alcoholic fermentation at a sake brewery in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 22, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended Japan's ...

“There are also many individuals who think sake cups are substitutes for shot glasses ... from scratch at the Nanbu Bijin brewery in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture. Ben invited Matt because ...

Japanese-produced whisky, nihonshu (sake), and beer are popular around the world. But one bar in Tokyo has been trying to reintroduce to locals and visitors alike a taste of doburoku, one of the ...

KYODO — An advisory panel to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has recommended Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and "shochu ...