“With the help of machines, more tasks are accessible for women.” Sake, or nihonshu, is made by fermenting steamed rice with koji mold, which converts starch into sugar. The ancient brewing ...

you might be surprised to find that sake is actually called nihonshu (nee-hone-shoe). “The word 'sake' in Japan just means ...

At a traditional Japanese brewery in a region famous for its “nihonshu” sake, four deep black sherry casks--quite the unusual sight--were in full view recently at Hakkaisan Brewery Co. in ...

where nihonshu has been successfully branded as a luxury drink, the value per liter was over ¥2,000. With the addition of traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making to the UNESCO list of ...