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Brewery visit: Gotō (Benten) 13 November 2017 (Part 2)
NOTE: As John Gauntner has pointed out (Sakagura tourism? Not so fast!) breweries are food producers observing stringent hygiene requirements. Don’t assume you can drop in unless they have a shop, bar, museum or other public space. Always ask in advance if you can...
Brewery visit: Gotō (Benten) 13 November 2017
NOTE: As John Gauntner has pointed out (Sakagura tourism? Not so fast!) breweries are food producers observing stringent hygiene requirements. Don’t assume you can drop in unless they have a shop, bar, museum or other public space. Always ask in advance if you can...
Sake tourism in the Five Villages of Nada
The Mainichi Shinbun site has a six-part series interviewing sake company owners in their 40s in the Nada Gogō area (talk about specific). If you haven't heard of it already, this area in Hyōgo Prefecture known as Nada is home to five old villages (五郷, the first...
The best sake for your wine glass in 2018
The Fukui Keizai site reports on the winners of the 2018 Sake That's Delicious in a Wine Glass Award - at least the seven winners from Fukui Prefecture. The Wine Glass de Oishii Nihonshu Award 2018 contest was held in central Tokyo, and judges announced the results on...
Five Hyōgo cities trying to go down in sake history
The Mainichi Shinbun newspaper reports on efforts by areas including the famous "five villages" of Nada to be recognised as special to the culture and history of sake. The cities of Itami, Kobe, Nishinomiya, Ashiya and Amagasaki, all in Hyōgo Prefecture, have joined...
The koi carp sake that’s big in Germany
At Press reports on the koi carp bottle from the Imayotsukasa brewery, which has won a German Design Award 2018. The sake is called Nishikigoi (錦鯉), after the fancy or brocade carp. (And if nishiki sounds familiar, it's used in a lot of sake-specific rice variety...
Quantity of sake shipped from Niigata falls for third year running
The Niigata Nippo More site reports on 2017 shipments of sake from Niigata to the rest of Japan - noting that they have fallen for the third consecutive year. According to the Niigata Sake Brewers Association, domestic shipments have fallen by 1.6% compared to 2016,...
Students of sake tour breweries in Nagano
Shinmai Web reports on overseas students of sake on a visit to a brewery in the Suwa area of Nagano Prefecture. The Miyasaka brewery in Suwa city held a study meeting for overseas visitors interested in using sake in their business. It formed part of a tour led by...
Hear the music and drink the sake that was brewed to it
I first heard about this from Andrew at Origin Sake, but never got around to following it up - did you hear about the brewer who insists on having his sake brew to classical music? Value Press reports on a special dinner being held on Sunday 25 February in Cebu in the...
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