A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food. At their ...

UNESCO honours Japan’s ancient sake tradition. Japan's sake brewing, blending rice, water, yeast, and koji, now joins UNESCO's prestigious cultural heritage list. Reuters December 05, 2024.

Tokyo (AsiaNews) – Traditional Japanese knowledge and skills used in the making of sake and shochu spirits have become a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.. A committee of the UN Educational ...

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, a traditional rice wine known as nihonshu, ranks as one of Japan's most famous exports alongside sushi. The drink, which is slightly yellow in colour, is usually about 15 per cent alcohol by ...

ASUNCION, Paraguay-Unesco on Dec 4 recognised Japan’s ancient process of sake brewing as an “intangible cultural heritage”.. Producers hope this will boost global interest in the traditional ...

Sake 101: Chicago experts help us navigate the mysterious, elegant Japanese rice wine “Sake is simply a Japanese alcoholic beverage, brewed like beer, but similar to white wine,” says Daniel ...

Sake is Japan’s most recognizable and historic drink, with production dating back millennia, and the ancient beverage is taking on new life in the United States. According to the Japan Sake and Shōchū ...

At such a critical moment in US history, ... Sake exports, mostly to the U.S. and China, now rake in over $265 million a year, according to the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association, ...