Sake News from Japan
Light-proof bottle for namazake
Mynavi News reported on 27 September 2017 that the "complex PET bottle" developed by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) from their light-blocking functional barrier film has been adopted as a namazake container by the Pressurised Namazake Consortium. The bottle is...
Sake Day 2017: State of the industry
The Page, a Japanese news site dedicated to "making the news you're interested in easy to understand", has a report from Yuusuke Iguchi on how the brewery who produce the Kubota brand are trying to overcome the decline in sake consumption in Japan. According to the...
Where is the birthplace of sake in Japan?
According to K. Masami of Rocket News 24, there are two competing candidates for the birthplace of sake in Japan: Nara, or Itami in Hyogo Prefecture. Nara's claim to be the origin of sake rests on the tradition of brewing in Buddhist monasteries. Shōryaku Temple is...
Fukugao sake aged in whisky barrels
Sakekaeru (a pseudonym), a reporter writing for News47 (Japanese) visited the Niigata Sake Fair and stumbled across Fukugao's sake aged in whisky barrels. The tag on the neck of the bottle advises drinking it on the rocks or diluted with hot water. Fukugao...
Five new Sake Samurai
Sankei Biz reported on the inauguration of five new Sake Samurai in Kyoto on 6 October 2017. The title of "Sake Samurai" is given by the Junior Council of the Japan Sake Brewers Association to individuals who champion sake and Japanese culture both at home and abroad....
Does sake increase collagen?
University Journal Online (Japanese) reports that joint research by the Applied Bioscience Department, College of Bioscience and Chemistry, Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) and a research group at Syata Brewery have shown for the first time that an umami...
The scent of sake
PR photo from atpress/SOCIALWIRE Co., Ltd. As well as being (World?) Sake Day (Tengu Sake has a great explanation), 1 October is apparently Perfume Day. Japanese perfume company J-Scent, already known for its houji-cha roasted green tea and rikishi (sumo wrestler)...
UK Tea Academy Tea Champion Course Review
I have to admit that I love continuous professional development. Learning. Pieces of paper with letters. So I planned two weeks of learning about tea, coffee and chocolate in London in August and September 2017, and even managed to squeeze in some sake! First, tea....
Is it a kir? No, it’s a cassis sake
Image from @S Shizuoka Shinbun In an interesting variation on a kir (crème de cassis blackcurrant liqueur with white wine), freshly produced shinshu junmai sake made by the Shidaizumi brewery with locally grown Yamada-nishiki rice has been infused with blackcurrants...
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