Sake News from Japan / Sake Muse

The Yomiuri Online site reports that Kobe Port is a big supporter of sake - half of exports in 2017 passed through there. Exports of sake in 2017 were up 19% on the previous year, rising to 23,481,000 litres - the eighth successive year on year increase. Increased...

The Hyogo Financial Plus site reports on an event held by the Hyogo Prefecture Sake Brewers Association for foreign residents. Called the "Sake World Party", the event in Kobe city saw around 200 foreigners living in Japan gather to enjoy Hyogo sake and take a survey....

Music and book retailer Tsutaya's T-Site has a report from Abe Kasumi on the opening of the first sake brewery in New York, the Brooklyn Kura. Japanese food is no longer a rarity in New York. Local specialists hand-mould rice for sushi, or prepare piping hot ramen....

AFP BB News reports on the arrival of sake nouveau in France. For decades, France has been sending hundreds of thousands of bottles of Beaujolais nouveau to Japan every November. The article also repeats the claim that people fill bathtubs with it and bathe in the...

The Sankei West site reports on two things that bemuse me - making sake more suitable for Instagram, and more appealing to people who haven't heard of it or don't drink. How about blue sake? Pink? Orange? All these and more could be possible thanks to Kimura...

Anan News reports on a new line of chocolates that look amazing, reflect the Japanese aesthetic, and at least in one case, contain sake. Although chocolate is a European sweet, a Japanese master chocolatier can transform it into traditional-style "Japonisme...

The Nikkei Style site reports on something that I keep hearing about but never understood - should you have salt with your sake? The article, written by Aoyama Shiho of the Japan Salt Coordinator Association, talks about sakana, which is a homonym for the word for...

The Japanese Huffington Post reports on a sake name that proved a little too popular. Another sake crowdfunding project on the Makuake site unexpectedly sold all backing slots for the 1,000 bottles available in just four days. The article mentions the usual...

The Value Press site reports on a new, cool sake cocktail - made with double-fermented sake lees ice cream. Ice cream made with sake lees, already fermented during the brewing process, is then fermented again by lactobacilli. The FARM8 company combines this special...