A world heritage listing - alongside new sparkling and fruity 'cocktail' types of sake - will be the beginning of a ...

say brewers A man pours sake into his friends mouth during the Nozawaonsen Dosojin Fire Festival in Japan. The festival celebrates the birth of a family’s first child, to chase away evil spirits ...

Japanese sake brewer Asahi Shuzo is preparing to send sake ingredients to the International Space Station in late 2025. Their goal is to produce a single 100ml bottle of space-brewed sake ...

Head over to Ueno Park in January to warm up with a popular Japanese winter soul food. Held for four days from January 16 to January 19, this festival is servin ...

OKAYA, Japan — 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 ...

Sake, the smooth rice wine which is more Japanese than sushi, has been put on UNESCO's list of the “intangible cultural heritage of humanity.” This list names products and practices of different ...

The allure of Japanese sake lies in its versatility and rich heritage - but selling it across wider Asia requires a whole different strategy. Sake brewing is a clean and environmentally friendly ...

(Kyodo) NAGANO (Kyodo) -- Hands-on experiences of brewing Japanese sake has been a hit with tourists in central Japan even before the techniques used to produce the traditional alcoholic beverage ...

Brewers believe traditional Japanese drink will see a renaissance now it has gained a world heritage listing. Sake, a traditional rice wine known as nihonshu, ranks as one of Japan's most famous ...