All Japan News Blog
2021-04-21
Knowing the type of Japanese sake helps to select sake according to your purpose. The diverse characteristics of Japanese sake brewed across over 1,500 sake breweries nationwide vary greatly in flavor...
2021-04-14
By Ryuji TakahashiWhen Japanese sake is introduced overseas, sake is often explained in terms of wine. When I’m requested to organize a sake seminar overseas, I also explain sake in terms of wine. How...
2021-04-07
By Yuji MatsumotoDealing with many consumers on a daily basis making proposals on sake, I realize that there are requisite key points. Going over these points alone makes the conversation a success. R...
2021-04-01
By Kosuke KujiAs the impact from the novel COVID-19 coronavirus spreads worldwide, the world continues to face major challenges in the aftermath of the pandemic. As the vaccination starts, a ray of ho...
2021-03-24
As the term indicates, amino acid is the amino acid content - umami component generated from rice protein broken down. Therefore, the higher the amino acid content, the richer the sake flavor. However...
2021-03-17
By Ryuji TakahashiCelebrating the New Year, Tokyo is still in the middle of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. I finished my work for 2020 on January 1, and started my New Years holiday on January 2. ...
2021-03-10
By Yuji MatsumotoWhile I’ve written repeatedly in the past about the lack of marketing efforts in branding Japanese sake bottles, it’s very disappointing that most breweries still haven’t implemented ...
2021-03-03
By Kosuke KujiA video of Japanese breweries pouring sake and toasting each other throughout Japan was uploaded and widely covered by the media across 47 prefectures. *Iwate Nippo Daily Newspaper (http...
2021-02-17
Gathering information such as the type of premium sake, rice-polishing ratio, sake rice, water hardness, etc., can help to predict the flavor of sake to a certain degree. However, other indicators can...
2021-02-10
By Ryuji TakahashiTokyo is facing the end of this year very different from the previous year due to the coronavirus increasingly spreading and restaurants requested to shorten business hours since Nov...
