The genus designated as Japan's national mould is called ... And at Shinto weddings, the bride and groom drink sake from the same porcelain cup to symbolise their union. Breweries still hang ...

OKAYA, Japan (AP) — 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 the ...