Sake News from Japan

The Jiji news site features a story on a boutique in Paris showcasing products from Niigata. Opened on 10 July 2018 in the 6th arrondissement by PR strategy company gram 3, with the approval and support of the Niigata Industrial Creation Organization (NICO), the...

The Irorio site features a series of illustrated examples of how to enjoy sake in summer by Illustrator @imoko_iimo.Broken down into four parts, each panel has a list of simple serving suggestions or recipes to turn your sake into a hot weather drink. Sake + ice = on...

The Kobe Shinbun Next site has a report on a Geographical Indication (GI) for the famous sake-producing area of Nada.The National Tax Agency decided to award the designation to protect the reputation of the area bounded by the east of Nada Ward, Kobe City and...

The Hyōgo Keizai Plus site has an article on a brewery that's making it easy for buyers of its sake to tell when to use a wine glass - all they have to do is check the label. Kasumi Tsuru from the Fukuchiya brewery in Hyōgo Prefecture is adding the silhouette of a...

The Gifu Shinbun site reports on Ikedaya Shuzō in Miwa, Gifu Prefecture, and their refreshing sake offering for the summer - it's frozen, a product known as mizore-shu (みぞれ酒, "sleet sake").The brewery has been freezing sake in the summer for over 20 years, with its...

The Advertimes site has an article on a design competition held by Dassai to find a new presentation box for their bottles. Called the Dassai Design Award, the contest opened in June 2018. The article quotes Hiroshi Sakurai, head of the Asahi Shuzō brewery, on the...

The Shokuhin Sangyo Shinbunsha (Food Industry Reporter) site has an article on a new sake - "for beginners only".The Sempuku line from the Miyake Honten brewery in Hiroshima prefecture developed the 5% abv sake as a way to get people to give sake a try. It's clearly...

Not sure what to pour or drink your sake from? The Sankei Biz site reports on some new vessels made just for sake by a workshop in Ōta, Tokyo.Made from titanium using a patented technique, the special containers were announced by metal manufacturing experts Takakuwa...

The Nikkei Style has an article on Yūsuke Satō, president of the Aramasa brewery.After graduating from the literature department of the prestigious University of Tokyo, he tried his hand at writing for a living before becoming the eighth head of the brewery with its...