Following its inclusion on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list, Japanese brewers hope to showcase the true identity of sake and ...

Of Japan's approximately 1,200 sake breweries, Tentaka is one of less than five that produces sake that is certified organic ...

It's the largest on the East Coast, where the art of premium sake is brought overseas from the fields of Dassai, Japan.

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 ...

Sake, or nihonshu, is made by fermenting steamed rice with koji mold, which converts starch into sugar. The ancient brewing technique was recognized under UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage ...