Sake News from Japan / Sake Muse

NicoNico News reports on the top 10 sake in the UK... based on an article in UK newspaper The Independent from May 2017, but still interesting. The NicoNico article title includes "Dewazakura is No. 2... but who is No. 1?", which implies some surprise at the taker of...

The Pouch site reports on data from the Sakenowa app (which I looked at last year along with other Japanese sake apps) used to create a flavour map for each prefecture. The data comes from app users who "score" the sake they drink on six axes to create a radar chart...

The Shunan Keizai newspaper reports on the best way to tour sake breweries - by taxi. Using a taxi to cruise around tourist attractions isn't uncommon in Japan, and many taxi companies will offer multi-hour or daily sightseeing plans which can work out well if there...

Sake packaging is fascinating - it comes in waxed cartons like juice for children's lunch boxes, waxed cups with lids like iced coffee, plastic pouches with spouts like washing liquid refills, Tetra Packs like milk, PET plastic bottles like smoothies... and in cans!...

The Nichi Telebi News 24 site reports on where former Japanese national football team player and sake promoter Hidetoshi Nakata thinks is the best place for sake - Fukushima. Nakata made the statement on 23 December 2017 at the Tokyo International Forum, during a talk...

In contrast to optimistic coverage earlier, the Korean Yonhap News Agency reports on the decline and apparent failure of the country's nigori, known as makkori (マッコリ) in Japan. Exports of sake have been rising year on year, but an agricultural produce export report...

At Press reports that the Imayotsukasa brewery in Niigata are shipping their perennial end-of-year/New Year favourite again this year - shiroizake (しろい酒, white sake). Produced by Imayotsukasa for over 30 years, it's an unpasteurised coarse filtered nama nigori, snow...

And what I mean by that title is, back to the eternal question of terroir for sake. Sake Times reports on yet another location proclaiming it has terroir (other than Hyōgo Prefecture, who staked their claim in no uncertain terms at the IWC award winners' tasting at...

Rurubu.com reports on a Kyoto restaurant serving flaming sake nabe. Nabe is both the name for a heavy pot and styles of cooking done in one, usually simmering ingredients in a broth, and it's a popular warm winter dish that can be enjoyed by a family or group. It's...