Maesako hopes the UN body’s recognition of the traditional brewing technique will turn things around by igniting demand overseas, where sake has slowly gained popularity alongside Japanese ...

And what comes with it naturally is Japanese sake. Sake exports hit the highest level in history in 2022 and the U.S. was the biggest importer by volume and the second biggest by value after China.

Brewers believe traditional Japanese drink will see a renaissance now it has gained a world heritage listing. Sake, a traditional rice wine known as nihonshu, ranks as one of Japan's most famous ...

“It smelled really good. I thought it was amazing that this ... The inclusion of women plays an important role in the survival of the Japanese sake industry, which has seen a steady decline ...

Once confined to Japanese restaurants and karaoke clubs, sake has found its way onto drinks ... From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Gozenshu Brewery is one of the few in Japan using bodaimoto, a 600-year-old fermentation method, to make sake. They use it to make junmai, or pure rice sake ...

So how long is sake good after opening? Typically, pasteurized sake can last for one to two years when tightly sealed and ...

After a couple of weeks, the sake's flavor won't be very good, and you'll probably be more eager to dump it down the drain than pour it into a glass. Read more: 13 Liquors Your Home Bar Should ...

If you like Japanese food, you may enjoy Japanese sake as well. But many of us drink sake only with Japanese food. The world is changing, though: non-Japanese restaurants now have sake on their ...

I met a very nice, intelligent and beautiful lady who brewed sake some 25 years ago ... No change has been made here. But good to see such outdated notions being finally discarded as in Takahashi's ...