All Japan News Blog
2024-11-20
Tokyo Jizake Strolling: “Heigsoba Katsura” serves Niigata specialty soba dish “Hegisoba” in Tokyo 
By Ryuji Takahashi Buckwheat Noodle Restaurant “Hegisoba Katsura” is located near the Shin-Nakano subway station on the Marunouchi Line along the Oume Kaidou Highway, running east and west of Tokyo. “...
2024-11-13
What Type of Water is Miyamizu? 
‘Miyamizu’ refers to groundwater from a certain underground area near the coast of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, considered a factor that makes sake produced in Nada famous worldwide.    This groundwater was di...
2024-11-06
Sake Nation “Association of Sake Breweries Serious about Cultivating Sake Rice”
By Kosuke Kuji Companies usually grow grapes fermented to produce wine. While this may seem normal in the world, farmers in Japan have long cultivated sake rice used by sake breweries to brew sake.  J...
2024-10-23
Acquire the techniques of a sake sommelier with your five senses  
Acquire the techniques of a sake sommelier with your five senses     In Japanese, kikisake - commonly referred to as sake tasting - is to understand the fragrance properties of sake and other beverage...
2024-10-16
Tokyo Jizake Strolling (Shimbashi Koichi Festival)
By Ryuji Takahashi    The “27th Shimbashi Koichi Matsuri (Festival)” was held in the middle of summer near the “Shimbashi Station” in Minato Ward, Tokyo, a popular hangout spot among business professi...
2024-10-09
Typical Sake Production Regions
Nada is a long linear region towards the east and west, facing the Osaka Bay with the Rokko Mountain in the background, five of the regions in this area currently referred to as the “Nada Goko.” This ...
2024-10-02
Sake Nation: “Young Japanese consumers and Japanese Sake ③”
By Kosuke Kuji    This is the third report on young Japanese consumers and Japanese sake, the last report for this series.  “Sake Jump,” a community of young Japanese sake brewers in their twenties to...
2024-09-25
The number of sake breweries operating in Japan
The number of sake breweries and shochu distilleries in Japan are declining along with the consumption volume of both sake and shochu. However, approximately 1,600 sake breweries and shochu distilleri...
2024-09-18
Tokyo Jizake Strolling (Niigata Sake Festival) 
By Ryuji Takahashi  The largest sake event in Japan is the “Niigata Sake Festival,” held annually in Niigata prefecture over two days. True to its name, sake breweries from throughout Niigata prefectu...
2024-09-11
What kind of Japanese sake is Junmai? 
Junmai sake is prepared by squeezing mash fermented using rice and rice malt, then adding water to adjust the alcohol-level, adding no additives. Needless to say, Junmai sake is the how sake is primar...