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Shichiken Sake: Mountain Water, Tradition, and Japanese Sparkling Sake

One bottle is lightly cloudy and velvety. Another is dry, with aromas the brewery compares to pink grapefruit. A third rests in whisky casks, and the brewery describes maple and va...

How to Drink Sake in Japan: A Beginner’s Guide

You sit down at a small izakaya counter, and the staff slide over a menu with a long column of kanji. Some words look familiar from bottle labels, while others do not. Meanwhile, s...

Kaze no Mori Sake: Nara’s Innovative Approach to Fresh, Unfiltered Nihonshu

Open a well-chilled bottle of Kaze no Mori sake, and the first sip may prickle gently. It feels more like a lively young white wine than a sparkling drink. However, nobody added th...

Pacific East Cafe in Westlake plans guided sake dinner Nov. 9

Pacific East Cafe owner Brittney Kash, inspired by her time living in Japan, is hosting a five-course sake-paired dinner on Nov. 9 at Crocker Park in Westlake, priced at $75 per pe...

Nabeshima Sake: Saga’s Award-Winning Japanese Sake Brand

Picture a quiet brewing street near the Ariake Sea, lined with white-walled storehouses. In 2011, a sake from one of those breweries took the top sake prize at the International Wi...

Celebrate World Sake Day with W Edinburgh

To mark World Sake Day today, W Edinburgh, is inviting guests to celebrate with a limited-edition sake flight.Crafted by expert mixologists, the bespoke offering features three pre...

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Sakasama

Sakasame is a handroll and sake bar in Midtown from someone who used to work at Atoboy and Le Coucou.

Taiwan rice returns home as high-end Japanese sake

History of Sake: From Ancient Rice Fermentation to Modern Nihonshu

The history of sake stretches back roughly two thousand years, at least if you use the word broadly for Japanese alcoholic drinks made from rice. Yet the earliest rice-based drinks...

Isojiman Sake: Shizuoka’s Pursuit of Premium Japanese Sake

Isojiman (磯自慢) is a sake brand from Isojiman Shuzo, a brewery founded in 1830. It is based in Yaizu, a fishing port in Shizuoka Prefecture. The brewery describes itself as an ea...

Sake and Food Pairing: How to Match Japanese Sake with Food

A plate of salt-grilled fish arrives, its skin still crackling. You take a sip of sake, then a bite of fish, then another sip. Somehow the fish tastes richer and the sake feels cle...

Ancient Sake in Japan: Rice, Ritual and Origins

Ancient sake in Japan was not the clear, filtered nihonshu poured today. The term covers a loose family of rice-based alcoholic drinks tied to farming, ritual, and early political...

How to Store Sake: A Practical Guide to Freshness and Storage

You carry a bottle home from a liquor shop, and a small worry starts. Should it go in the fridge, or is the cupboard fine? Knowing how to store sake answers that question, and it t...

Hi-ochi (火落ち): Bacterial Spoilage in Sake

Hi-ochi (火落ち) is the bacterial spoilage of sake. It strikes after brewing finishes, and a small group of ethanol-tolerant lactic acid bacteria causes it. Sake is a hostile place...

Tokyo brewer challenges sake's fixation on famous water

A Guide to Premium Sake: Evaluating Flavors, Pairings and More

Shopping for premium sake can feel overwhelming when you’re faced with new labels, grading systems and unfamiliar Japanese terminology. You... The post A Guide to Premium Sake: Eva...

A cocktail menu for the ‘konbini’-obsessed

At Tokyo Confidential, familiar convenience store favorites from melon buns to instant noodles become playful cocktails.

Contemporary Sake in Japan: Craft, Globalization, and a Living Tradition

In 2025, Japan exported about 45.9 billion yen of sake to a record 81 countries and regions. Meanwhile, the country’s own sake drinkers kept buying less, as they have almost every...

Medieval Sake in Japan: Temple Breweries, Sake Shops, and Brewing Innovation

In 1425, a document kept at Kitano Shrine in Kyoto recorded 342 sake businesses inside and around the capital. By then, that number marks how far sake had travelled. It was no long...

Alcohol makers in Japan tap into U.S. ready-to-drink market

As the popularity of ready-to-drink products grows in the U.S., Japanese companies have introduced U.S. versions of such products in Japan.

Kubota Sake: The Niigata Brand That Redefined Dry Japanese Sake

Order Kubota at an izakaya, a casual Japanese pub, and you will usually get a restrained, smooth sake with a clean, quick finish. Kubota sake is a Niigata brand made by Asahi-Shuzo...

How to Taste Sake: A Beginner’s Guide to Japanese Sake

Pour a glass of sake and take a sip. Then try to say what you noticed. Most people stall right there, because nobody taught them what to look for. This guide on how to taste sake f...

De Maison Selections Enters Sake Category with Four Japanese Breweries Making U.S. Debut