by Arline Lyons | Mar 20, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
The Shokuhin Sangyo Shimbunsha Co., Ltd (Food Industry Newspaper Company) has an article about two of my favourite things – sake and coffee. The story is about a new collaboration between Maruyama Coffee in Tokyo and Asahi Shuzō in Niigata, makers of Kubota (Not...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 17, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
PR Times carries a press release from My Voice, a research company specialising in online surveys. They have surveyed the Japanese public about their sake consumption habits since 2008, and the most recent survey took place online between 1-5 February 2022. The press...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 16, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
The Japanese National Tax Agency (NTA) released a video on 28 February 2022 explaining the country’s latest bid for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status: traditional brewing processes unique to Japan that make use of the ‘national fungi’...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 16, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
Despite the widespread problems caused by the novel coronavirus over the last two years, from my limited perspective there seems to be an increase in online activity and visibility from some sake breweries, and also in information being put out on social media and...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 14, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
Love sake but frustrated by the intransience of its aroma and umami flavour? Never fear, butter is here! (No, seriously.) News site Jiji carries a press release from PR Times on a new product from Japanese brand Carnoble, owned by the company National Department...
by Arline Lyons | May 24, 2021 | Sake News from Japan
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) released the latest version of their regular Nihonshu wo Meguru Jōkyō (State of Sake) report in April 2021, reporting on a range of factors impacting sake production and consumption. After talking...
