Sake and shoyu used to be sold by weight. Each sake store lent kayoi tokkuri or bimbo tokkuri with the store name written on it, to customers, who would bring it to the store and buy as much sake as t...

Omiki or goshinshu means sake offered to a shrine or the altar making the sake divine. Being made from rice as the traditionally principle food of the Japanese, sake is often used as omiki, but in som...

As a trigger to promote sake, Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association designated the 1st of October as Sake Day in 1978. The right half part of the Chinese character for sake (酒) is the pictograph th...

The word beku means “should” in Chinese classics and it should not be used in the end of a sentence. From this meaning, a cup which should not be put down came to be called bekuhai. (hai means cup in ...

SAKE selection is a sake competition established in 2018 by the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB), a large and prestigious wine contest where more than 10,000 wines have participated from all...

IWC (International Wine Challenge) is a wine competition established in 1984 in London, a major wine market. It is considered to be one of the most influential wine competitions judged by many wine ex...

The Annual Japan Sake Awards is the largest nationwide sake contest in Japan. With a history of 100 years, the contest has gained a high reputation. It is held jointly by the National Research Institu...

On May 18, IWC (International Wine Challenge) 2018 Sake Competition announced Trophy winners for the best sake in each of sake categories. IWC, an international wine competition based in Londo...

As a traditional sake brewing process, kimoto (traditional sake starter) making has been passed down for generations, creating a rich flavor that attracts many sake fans. The rich flavor, however, us...

When you visit local sake breweries in regional towns and cities, they might tell you that, “Brewery companies used to gather in this area”. Sometimes you see not just sake breweries but also shoyu an...