In Shimane Prefecture, the mythological heartland of Japan, sake brewing has been popular from ancient times and there is the legend of Yamata-no-Orochi, a gigantic serpent with eight heads and eight

According to the Aichi Sake Brewing Association, sake brewing in Aichi Prefecture has already started from as early as the beginning of 8th century. The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the old records of Japa

Generally, a dealer means a distributor of products when the product manufacturer and the product distributor are not the same and that a sales contract exists between the manufacturer and the distrib

In Japan, sake lovers are called sato (meaning a leftist party) or hidari-kiki (meaning a left-handed person). These terms come from a word play for the term called nomi-te, that originally represents

In 1980’s when jizake (local sake) became a trend, the Yamagata Sake Brewer's Association established the Yamagata Sake Rice Production Promotion Council in 1984, with the help of the group of rice pr

In 2006, a sake was released with the label that was cut in the middle and sealed on the bottle. It was Miyosakae Junmaiwataribune, which had 17% alcohol by volume and 75% polishing ratio, bringing ou

“Kampai!” means “Cheers!” in Japanese, a word that praises and encourages each other. The COVID-19 situation has not yet been settled down, which has made it difficult to hold large events in 2020 and

There is a saying, “Sake is the best of all medicines” (equals to “Good wine makes good blood”), which is often spoken by sake lovers. Generally, it is said that when you drink alcohol, your blood cir

There are not a few breweries posting on the website that they polish sake rice by their own. Rice polishing used to be done in every brewery, however, due to the deterioration of rice polishing machi