Producing a beverage through mold may sound unappetizing. But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...

UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. The decision to accept Japan’s proposal ...

Of Japan's approximately 1,200 sake breweries, Tentaka is one of less than five that produces sake that is certified organic by the ... on a key ingredient: the koji. Aspergillus oryzae, the ...