All Japan News Blog
2023-07-19
In the late 18th century, the percentage of brewing water in Nada sake was approximately sixty-six percent, slightly more than the sixty percent used in Itami sake. By 1850, brewing water constituted ...
2023-07-12
By Ryuji TakahashiKanemasu Brewery (Shibata city, Niigata prefecture), producer of “Hatsuhana” and “Kinmasu,” partnered with the Tokyo-based wine importer and distributor Grand Cru Wine Company to pro...
2023-07-05
Nigori sake refers to white, cloudy sake. Fermentation-mash is squeezed in a loosely woven cloth to leave white and cloudy lees. Cloudy sake flavor is rich from abundant lees, notable in the natural m...
2023-06-28
By Kosuke KujiThe past three years since the coronavirus outbreak witnessed the relentless scapegoating of “alcohol consumption” in Japan.The first state of emergency declaration prohibited restaurant...
2023-06-14
Rice milling with water wheels At a time when rice in the sake production regions of Itami and Ikeda was polished by stomping, rice milling using water wheels started in the Nada region in the fast-fl...
2023-06-07
By Ryuji Takahashi“Gallery & Café Warehouse Garden” is a gallery and café attached to a beautiful garden, operating in a renovated house on the Keio Line Shibasaki Station in the Chofu city of Tokyo. ...
2023-05-31
By Yuji MatsumotoWhen I go to a nearby Japanese supermarket, I often find Americans at complete loss as to what to choose in the sake/shochu section. The same goes even for the Japanese, unless you h...
2023-05-24
By Kosuke KujiSake breweries in Japan incurred major damage from the coronavirus outbreak.The greatest blow was from restaurants forced to cease operations due to the initial state of emergency declar...
2023-05-17
Consumption of Nada sake in Edo Nada ward first emerged in historical documentation as “Nadame, Ports of the Nada Region,” a supplier of sake to Edo (the capital, modern-day Tokyo) in the “Examination...
2023-05-10
By Ryuji TakahashiSince discovering the named Honshu-Ichi from Hiroshima prefecture last fall, I was moved by the flavor and wished to visit the brewery. I finally visited Umeda Shuzo-jo Brewery in Fu...
