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2026-06-10
Yeast is a general term that refers to single-celled microorganisms (fungi) that propagates due to germination or cell division. Yeast has the effect of breaking sugar down to alcohol and carbon diox...
2026-06-03
By Kosuke Kuji A pillar of Japan’s cultural heritage, sake earned a place on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2024.And then there’s Japanese anime—another pillar of the nation’s subcul...
2026-05-27
As the term indicates, amino acid is the amino acid content - umami component generated from rice protein broken down. Therefore, the higher the amino acid content, the richer the sake flavor. Howeve...
2026-05-20
By Ryuji Takahashi Recently, I was invited by a group of small and medium-sized business owners to lead a sake seminar, and I hosted an engaging two-hour session. While I receive requests for sake ...
2026-05-13
Ginjo, a sake different in quality from our nation’s traditional sake, emerged around the end of the Taisho Era. Within a short time since, sake breweries nationwide started producing Ginjo. However,...
2026-05-06
By Kosuke Kuji Studying sake can take place in a variety of settings, from specialized classrooms to hands-on workshops, making it accessible to enthusiasts everywhere. A variety of organizations—i...
2026-04-22
Gathering information such as the type of premium sake, rice-polishing ratio, sake rice, water hardness, etc., can help to predict the flavor of sake to a certain degree. However, other indicators ca...
2026-04-15
Rice malt in broad terms is filamentous fungi (molds) grown on grains, roughly divided by shape into mochi koji (rice cake) and bara koji (rice malt). Mochi koji is prepared by adding water to powder...
2026-04-08
By Kosuke Kuji Continuing from last report.Finally, the sake brewed by our gal is about to make its debut! Before starting, she paid her respects to Matsuo-sama enshrined in the brewery. Using rice...
2026-03-25
1. Audibly Hearing is the first sense to enjoy sake. Please listen for the sound of sake pouring into the sake bottle and bubbles audibly forming in carbonated sake. 2. Visually Once the sake is...
