Sake News from Japan

The Nikkei newspaper site reports on a new range of sake from the Fukumitsuya brewery under their Fukumasamune label - one that isn't afraid to lose its cool.The Kanazawa brewery launched a new range of namazume (not pasteurised at bottling) sake bottled using an...

The Chiba Nippo newspaper has an article on a 300+ year old sake brewery that prides itself on keeping tradition alive, and a new successor who is bringing a breath of fresh air in with her. Chiba Prefecture, just to the east of Tokyo, has 39 breweries that each bring...

The Sendai Keizai Shinbun reports on a new guide to sake breweries in the area that are open to visitors. NIPPON SAKE DISCOVERY - Sakagura Tourism Sendai & Miyagi was published on 24 August 2018 by the Miyagi Inbound DMO (destination management? marketing...

We haven't had a pun for a while, have we. Here it comes.The Asahi Digital news site reports on a contest held in Saga Prefecture where participants test their palates by tasting seven types of sake at one table, then identifying them at another. And the name of the...

Continuing on with yesterday's article from Nikkei Style, which digs into why the "lowly", less-polished classifications are in the spotlight abroad. One of the three Kura Master Jury Prizes was won by Shichihonyari junmai Wataribune, brewed by Fukuda Shuzō in Shiga...

The Nikkei Style site has a feature on the fall of daiginjō... and rise of other legal classifications in its place. The article opens by noting that many Japanese will look for the terms ginjō or daiginjō on the label when choosing a bottle to give as a gift, with...

News site Jiji reports on the first sake appraisal held in China, with 140 labels on the table looking to increase their export routes.The "First Asian International Great Sake Contest in China" was held on commercial premises in Beijing on 24 August 2018. 62...

The Nifty news site has an article from sake lecturer Chikako Ōkoshi on amazake - and why although it's associated with winter today, that wasn't always the case.Back in the Edo Period (1603 to 1868) amazake was prized as a kind of nutritional supplement, but it's...

A sake brewer, a sake retailer and an export consultant walk into a bar in Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture... well, almost. The jobs are true, and two of them did meet in a bar, but now they're focused on bringing namazake to southeast Asia and beyond.The Kobe Shinbun Next...