Sake News from Japan

Sake Times carries a press release for a product designed to spice up your sake – literally. Similar to the Ponshu Gria “just add sake” cups containing ingredients meant to flavour sake, the SAKETO 3 Spices Mix comes with three decorative 180 ml cup sake glasses and...

I’ve previously joked “you can with a can”, and this is that squared! Walker Plus reports on what could be the most convenient of pairings, canned sake with other things in cans. And not just any sake, the familiar yellow can from Kikusui with their Funaguchi Ichiban...

Mari Ariki reports for IT Media Business Online on an intriguing claim – that pairing, such as wine and sushi or sake and soba – will be the salvation of the hospitality business after society recovers from coronavirus. She comments that although pairing is...

Yahoo Japan News covers a different, more severe and more recent drop in sake consumption than the gradual decline since the early 1970s – a collapse in demand as bars and restaurants close as part of measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Saitama may not...

A report in Nifty News edited by Tamaki Tokita points out that when you talk about Japanese drinks, sake is one of the first to come to mind, but the quantity of sake consumed in Japan been steadily falling for decades. It started into a mild decline in the years...

Excite News reports on a new app called Sakeist, designed to connect Japanese sake breweries with overseas consumers and sommeliers, with the ultimate aim of promoting sake and expanding its markets. It’s currently available for iOS and Android. Despite the relentless...

Sake pairing expert Marie Chiba, owner of GEM by Moto, was hosted on an Instagram Live on 24 June 2020 by Takatsugu Yamashita, co-founder of Minimal bean to bar chocolate in Tokyo. Takatsugu started off interviewing Marie, asking her about how she got into the niche...

Rumi Ide reports for Yahoo Japan News on yet another knock-on effect of coronavirus, this time on the agricultural sector and farmers growing rice for sake brewing. Asahi Shuzō in Yamaguchi, makers of Dassai, only use the most widely grown and prized sake rice -...

Yahoo Japan News proudly proclaims that it’s summer, and therefore time for sake highballs! It also gives some suggestions on how to drink chilled sake on hot days, while comparing different Kyoto and Nara breweries based on city sets available from the end of May...