Guinomi is one of sake vessels. The most plausible origin of the name comes from the Japanese word meaining “gulp”, or the word meaning “a cup which allows us to gulp abundant of sake”. There is no sp...

Sake should be chilled when it tastes good after chilled. A cold sake server has a feature of keeping sake cold even after the sake is taken out from the refrigerator. There is an abundant line-up, ra...

KURA MASTER is a sake contest for French people, which was established in France in 2017. Most of the entries are junmai-shu. In the 2020 contest, there will be 6 categories in total, which are Junmai...

In 2005, the Japan Sake Brewers Association Junior Council, a national organization made up of young sake brewers, who had become directors of their breweries under age 45, launched the Sake Samurai P...

Under the Labeling Standards for the Manufacturing Process and Quality of Sake of the National Tax Agency Notice, brewer’s alcohol (or jozo-alcohol) is defined as alcohol distilled from fermented star...

There is really a variety of sake vessels to savor sake. The materials range widely from ceramics, pottery, lacquerware, metals including copper and tin, glass, acryl, wood and bamboo. Especially when...

The former National Research Institute of Brewing (NRIB) was a national institute of brewing laboratory founded in 1904 under the control of the Ministry of the Treasury in Takinogawa, Kita-ku, Tokyo,...

In Japan, sake used to play a role as an important offering to enshrine gods from ancient times. On the other hand, according to Mahayana Buddhism’s sutra ‘Brahmajala Sutta’, sake making was considere...

When you find delicious warmed sake is gentle to the body and relaxes your mind, then you will certainly be particular about the utensils to warm sake. A sake warmer is used in a broad sense to includ...

Sake is an alcoholic beverage which itself has a bactericidal effect and can be stored for a long period of time. Though it seldom goes bad, it deteriorates in quality. It could be deteriorated in a s...