HIDETOSHI NAKATA didn’t dream of becoming a legendary footballer. The Japanese star, now 48, wasn’t one of those kids that ...

Hidetoshi Nakata became a ‘sake master’ and launched his own alcohol brand after retiring aged 29. The former Japan ...

At this time, in 2009, Nakata became fascinated by sake, a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice. “When I was living in Italy, in my spare time, I used to visit wineries in the count ...

Sake, an alcoholic drink likened to wine and made of fermented rice, went on to become Nakata's new field of expertise, to a point where he even earned a "Master of Sake" qualification.

Sake. Japanese food. It sounds pretty obvious but not if you’re Naoto Mizuno, president of the much-lauded Kokuryu brand of ...