by Arline Lyons | May 18, 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. The report...
by Arline Lyons | Feb 7, 2021 | Sake News from Japan
The Japanese National Tax Agency, which oversees all alcohol production in Japan, released a report on 2020 alcohol exports in February 2021. Coverage of exports has traditionally focused on sake’s long rise – increasing year on year from 2009 to 2019 –...
by Arline Lyons | Jan 17, 2021 | Sake News from Japan
An article from Tanoshii Osake featured in Gadget Tsushin asks, what’s the difference between cooking sake and normal sake? And which one do you reach for when a recipe lists “sake” as an ingredient? The main is that cooking sake, or ryōrishu [料理酒], is that most...
by Arline Lyons | Jan 6, 2021 | Sake News from Japan
Saiko Fukushima interviews Norimasa Yamamoto of Heiwa Shuzō for Nikkei Business, hot on the heels of their December win of Sake Brewery of the Year – the first brewery to win it twice after they won it in 2019 – and Champion Sake for Kid Muryōzan junmai ginjō in the...
by Arline Lyons | Jan 5, 2021 | Sake News from Japan
The Agara Kii Minpo news service reports on a surprising contender for “new normal” – sake on tap, or more accurately serving sake by having it poured from a tap. Sake breweries are feeling the effect of the pandemic in the form of decreased demand, and a group of...
by Arline Lyons | Jan 4, 2021 | Sake News from Japan
The Kochi Shinbun carries an article by Yūya Nitta [I think – couldn’t find the reading] on a brand new employee at the Suigei Shuzō sake brewery in the Nagahama area of Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture. Their new face is Sugimoto Naoto, aged 28. After shipping out its...
