By Ryuji TakahashiNakatani Brewing Co., Ltd. is a long-established sake brewery operating since the Edo period (1603-1867). Located in Yamato-koriyama city, Nara prefecture, the brewery’s sake product Mikka-odori garnered attention. Upon release, master sake brewers from other sake breweries visite...

By Kosuke KujiShocking news of Russia invading Ukraine rattled Japan in the end of February 2022. A nation that relinquished war based on the three non-nuclear principles and Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, Japan advocates for peace. Therefore, it never occurred to the Japanese that a major ...

By Yuji Matsumoto Japanese sake is still a largely unfamiliar beverage to American consumers. Ninety percent of sake is consumed in restaurants, indicating the unfortunate reality that sake is still far from being casually enjoyed in private homes and parties. One of the reasons is because the true ...

By Ayaka ItoAn event of pairing of Japanese sake and chocolate was held. The chocolate for this event was picked from the selection from Dandelion Chocolate shop, one of the very few places in the world, where craft chocolate is made from single-origin cacao beans. The chocolate bars of Dandelion Ch...

NHK News Program “Today’s Close-up” By Kosuke KujiJapanese sake is a central product in “Cool Japan Strategy” implemented by the Japanese government a...

Where you can most likely predict the taste of wines from grape variety, vintage or production area, there is no standard to evaluate the taste of Japanese Sake.There is an identification of Daiginjo, Ginjo, Junmai etc based on production method, but this is only the production method and doesn't in...

By Kosuke KujiWhile many consumers don’t know the term ‘vegan,’ many vegan restaurants are now starting to open in Tokyo in recent years. I was sensitive to the term Vegan since I coordinated the sake Nanbu Bijin to be certified as vegan. However, I was surprised to learn a restaurant inside the “Ki...

Sake (Japanese: 酒, [sake]), also spelled sake, also referred to as a Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SakeThere are Special-designation and they are;Junmai Daiginjō-shu (純米大吟醸酒, Pure rice, Ver...

Sake Tastingby Yuji MatsumotoExperience and knowledge are indispensable for sake tasting, but doing many tastings absent-mindedly does not help.Many tend to think that a person must have an excellent sense of judging taste (to have people think that way is very flattering), but that isn’t necessaril...

Choosing the Right Japanese Sake for Your RestaurantBy Yuji MatsumotoIn this issue, I would like to mention a few pointers regarding how to select Japanese sakes that match your store.1. Is the price set to match the average customer's spending amount? If customer spending is about $30, please check...