All Japan News Blog
2022-08-10
By Kosuke Kuji Many sake breweries produce sake in highly-valued cultural properties like old buildings and warehouses under constant operational risk. Yuki Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Ibaraki prefecture)...
2022-08-03
Sake Production Techniques Imported from Mainland China Blacksmiths, armorers, weavers, tailors, etc., first came from Mainland China to Japan between approx. 4th ~ 5th century. In addition, highly sk...
2022-07-27
By Ryuji Takahashi This report is a continuation of the previous report on my trip to Niigata prefecture. Ten minutes driving distance from Nagaoka Station, the main destination of this trip, I headed...
2022-07-20
By Yuji Matsumoto There is no doubt sushi is the driving force behind the expansion of Japanese food, expanding the way for other Japanese foods to follow. Currently, the old legend of “opening a sush...
2022-07-13
By Kosuke Kuji Before the novel coronavirus pandemic, sake competitions were actively held worldwide, such as the International Wine Challenge (IWC) in England, Kura Master in France, and Joy of Sake ...
2022-06-29
Sake production using mold to saccharify starch spread through Laurel forest, East Asia to northeast China, Japan, and Indonesia. Food ingredients consist of Japanese millet, proso millet, millet, ric...
2022-06-22
By Ryuji Takahashi Restrictions across Japan, enacted following the state of emergency declaration due to the coronavirus outbreak, and preventative measures to prevent the virus from spreading were a...
2022-06-15
By Yuji Matsumoto Especially when it comes to pairing Japanese sake with food, many people likely think, “What’s with the exaggeration…? It doesn’t really matter.” In this issue, I’d like to pass on t...
2022-06-08
By Kosuke Kuji The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were held this year. The festive mood seemed to continue as the games were held approximately six months after the Tokyo Summer Olympics...
2022-06-01
Yashiori sake is the first sake mentioned in Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), “Kiki-shinwa” (Mythology) in “Yamatano-orochi: Eight-headed, Eight-tailed Serpent.” ...
