By Aya Ota In a street corner of the West Village where old buildings provide a classy ambience, you will find a richly thick wooden door. Once you st...

By Yuji Matsumoto Japanese sake is still a largely unfamiliar beverage to American consumers. Ninety percent of sake is consumed in restaurants, indic...

By Kosuke Kuji I’m a firm believer that brewing delicious sake worldwide will lead to more consumers enjoying Japanese sake. To accomplish this, we mu...

By Kosuke Kuji I felt for a long time that for Japanese sake to become fully established worldwide, sake must be further refined at the product level ...

Have you ever had Dassai? It is a brand of Japanese Sake. It iOS one of the sake brands that is easier to find here in the US than in Japan. If you have tried this sake before, you should really tray it. https://www.asahishuzo.ne.jp/english/about/

By Yuji Matsumoto In the past twenty years, Japanese beer, sake and shochu sales have expanded according to the increasing number of Japanese restaura...

By Kosuke Kuji Hidetoshi Nakata, former professional Japanese soccer player representing Japan, is serving as executive member and judge for the conte...

By Yuji Matsumoto It would be a waste to enjoy distilled liquor, honkaku shochu and boutique sake as cocktails. While drinking them straight will not ...

By Kosuke Kuji The International Wine Challenge (IWC) started the Japanese Sake Division since 2007, with one “Champion Sake” selected every year from...

By Yuji Matsumoto I was blessed with an opportunity to attend a lecture targeting salesmen for a wholesaler of Japanese food products in the U.S. The ...