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2024-10-09
Typical Sake Production Regions
Nada is a long linear region towards the east and west, facing the Osaka Bay with the Rokko Mountain in the background, five of the regions in this area currently referred to as the “Nada Goko.” This ...
2024-10-02
Sake Nation: “Young Japanese consumers and Japanese Sake ③”
By Kosuke Kuji    This is the third report on young Japanese consumers and Japanese sake, the last report for this series.  “Sake Jump,” a community of young Japanese sake brewers in their twenties to...
2024-09-25
The number of sake breweries operating in Japan
The number of sake breweries and shochu distilleries in Japan are declining along with the consumption volume of both sake and shochu. However, approximately 1,600 sake breweries and shochu distilleri...
2024-09-18
Tokyo Jizake Strolling (Niigata Sake Festival) 
By Ryuji Takahashi  The largest sake event in Japan is the “Niigata Sake Festival,” held annually in Niigata prefecture over two days. True to its name, sake breweries from throughout Niigata prefectu...
2024-09-11
What kind of Japanese sake is Junmai? 
Junmai sake is prepared by squeezing mash fermented using rice and rice malt, then adding water to adjust the alcohol-level, adding no additives. Needless to say, Junmai sake is the how sake is primar...
2024-09-04
Sake Nation: “Young Japanese consumers and Japanese Sake②”
By Kosuke Kuji    This is the second report about young Japanese consumers and Japanese sake.  The previous report was about a social gathering organized in Asakusa district, while this report is abou...
2024-08-21
The Oldest Sake Breweries in Japan
The Oldest Sake Breweries in Japan In Japan, 42,966 long-established companies will celebrate over 100 years in business in 2023. The oldest business in Japan is Kongo Gumi Co., Ltd., a construction c...
2024-08-14
Tokyo Jizake Strolling (“Nihonsakari” is a quality sake brand)
By Ryuji Takahashi   I always felt major sake breweries must become successful first to invigorate the Japanese sake industry. Major sake breweries are always involved in preserving jizake breweries b...
2024-08-07
Sake is produced with no preservatives
Sake is unfortunately perishable, and quick to spoil. The reason why sake is high in alcohol concentration compared to other alcoholic beverages worldwide is the result of accumulated technical renova...
2024-07-31
Sake Nation: “Young Japanese consumers and Japanese Sake ①”
By Kosuke Kuji    In Japan, young consumers drinking less alcohol and sake is seen as a problem. One explanation, however, is that younger generations worldwide are drinking less alcohol in general. W...