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Traditional sake-making process up for official UNESCO honor
The proposed “Traditional knowledge and skills of sake making with 'koji' mold in Japan” specifically recognizes the manual techniques of "toji" (master brewers), "kurabito" (brewers ...
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Less than 1% of Japanese sake is made this traditional way
An curved arrow pointing right. The Gozenshu Brewery is one of the few in Japan using bodaimoto, a 600-year-old fermentation method, to make sake. They use it to make junmai, or pure rice sake ...
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Traditional sake-brewing listed as UNESCO cultural heritage
Sake has fueled many joyous and commemorative occasions in Japan. Now, it has provided another reason to celebrate. UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake ...
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Japanese Sake Exports Increase in 2024 as Traditional Drink Makes Inroads Overseas
With the addition of traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2024, there are hopes that interest in and knowledge ...
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World Sake Day: A simple guide to this traditional Japanese drink
Today just happens to be World Sake Day, so let’s do a recap of this Japanese spirit. October 1 was officially recognised as World Sake Day in 1978 by the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association.