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 ...

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 ...

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 ...