All Japan News Blog
2024-12-25
Cautionary Notes for Tasting Sake The best environment to taste sake is at room temperature – not too hot, not too cold, approximately 68 degrees F. The best temperature to taste sake is between...
2024-12-18
By Ryuji Takahashi National Sake Day is October 1. Since the brewing year used to start in October, the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association designated October 1 as the National Sake Day in 1978...
2024-12-11
Originally, Japanese sake varies greatly in regional characteristics, along with sake quality. Although Japan is a small island nation, the land stretches great distances towards the north and south, ...
2024-12-04
By Kosuke Kuji Sake is currently stored in two ways: At “room temperature” or “refrigerated.” As most of you know, sake stored at room temperature advances aging that slows when refrigerated. ...
2024-11-27
First, participate in tasting events when in optimal health because the flavor cannot be tasted accurately while suffering a cold or a hangover. Smoking and consuming foods with strong flavor, such...
2024-11-20
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
‘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
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 In Japanese, kikisake - commonly referred to as sake tasting - is to understand the fragrance properties of sake and other beverage...
2024-10-16
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...
