Following its inclusion on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list, Japanese brewers hope to showcase the true identity of sake and ...

Embedded in Japanese culture is the iconic rice wine, sake, but despite its household name, it has long been misunderstood.

mirin is a rice wine used as a seasoning or consumed as a beverage in Japanese cuisine. It is a sweet liquor containing about 14% alcohol content and 40 to 50% sugar content. In comparison, sake ...

The Gozenshu Brewery is one of the few in Japan using bodaimoto, a 600-year-old fermentation method, to make sake. They use it to make junmai, or pure rice sake that has no added alcohol or sugar.

OSAKA, Japan—The Japanese have been drinking sake since the eighth century. Back then, it was believed the rice-based liquor warded off ghosts. Today, it has a stronger spirit to contend with ...

For a product to be categorized Japanese sake, the rice must be Japanese ... In Japan, sake is used to purify and to celebrate. Sips from a cup signify the sealing of a marriage.

“I think sake is a beautiful beverage, and is revered in Japanese culture ... Laifungbam shares that each of the rice strains she has used has a different aroma. While one of the varieties ...

TENDO, Yamagata Prefecture--Serious rice wine drinkers overseas tend to fall over themselves trying to get their hands on “ginjo” high-quality sake produced by Dewazakura Sake Brewery Co ...