The Dassai brewery in Japan offers tours of its sake facility, which is about 40 minutes’ drive from Marine Corps Air Station ...

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 Heritage.

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 foothills ...

For Fukunari Wakabayashi, sake brewing isn’t just a craft — it’s a living expression of harmony between people, nature, and place. Inspired by his grandparents’ rice paddies and the creatures that ...

Tsunan Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture; President: Kengo Suzuki; ...

A Japanese sake maker is heading to the final frontier of brewing -- space. Asahi Shuzo, the company that brews the popular Japanese sake brand Dassai, plans to send sake ingredients to the ...

Rice represents the essential raw material in sake brewing, with its intrinsic qualities and processing methods critically influencing the beverage’s final flavour profile and aroma. The traditional ...

Reporting from Niigata, Japan — — At the Obata Brewery on Sado Island, the creamy mash in the large vats is in various stages of fermentation. One batch looks like a giant puffy bud that is about to ...

Sake, Japan's fermented rice beverage, is transformed when heated. Its aromas and flavors pop and new layers of sweetness, umami, and texture are revealed. Here is how to properly heat sake like a pro ...