All Japan News Blog
2022-07-20
By Yuji MatsumotoThere 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 sushi...
2022-07-13
By Kosuke KujiBefore 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 i...
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 TakahashiRestrictions across Japan, enacted following the state of emergency declaration due to the coronavirus outbreak, and preventative measures to prevent the virus from spreading were al...
2022-06-15
By Yuji MatsumotoEspecially 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 to...
2022-06-08
By Kosuke KujiThe 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.” ...
2022-05-25
By Ryuji TakahashiNakatani Brewing Co., Ltd. is a long-established sake brewery operating since the Edo period (1603-1867). Located in Yamato-koriyama city, Nara prefecture, the brewery’s sake produc...
2022-05-18
By Yuji MatsumotoWhile sake and food pairing is now the norm, why not try to change your perception in your approach? While comparisons are made regularly, wine is compared to other wine, sake is comp...
2022-05-11
By Kosuke KujiShocking news of Russia invading Ukraine rattled Japan in the end of February 2022. A nation that relinquished war based on the three non-nuclear principles and Article 9 of the Japanese...
