This was based on the notion of Aka Fujo (赤不浄) meaning Red Unclean, which of course meant women who bled during their menstrual cycle. Sake brewing was one area ... nestled in the foothills of the ...

Japanese tipples sake and shochu -- and the knowledge and ... For example, near the Pacific Ocean, dry sake is produced to pair with red-meat fish such as tuna and bonito. - How is it consumed?

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. But they do. Sake has been increasingly popular among French people lately. Imports of ...

According to the Japanese Sake and Shochu Makers Association ... Just like you would with whiskey or a glass of red wine, ...

A Japanese sake brewery will attempt to make the world’s first outer space sake, creating just one bottle and donating the 100 million yen (US$640,000) proceeds from its sale to domestic space ...

But changing consumer tastes and Japan’s aging population have hit demand, and the government says the number of sake breweries has ... more than half operating in the red.

OME, Japan--Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing ...

If you like Japanese food, you may enjoy Japanese sake as well. But many of us drink sake only with Japanese food. The world is changing, though: non-Japanese restaurants now have sake on their ...

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