More specifically, UNESCO added the "traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan." "Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from grains and water that is deeply rooted in ...

Oishii Sake No more traditional sake! Shake things up with this refreshing take on the original. Think of it as sake with a twist. It marries the tried-and-true technique of classic Japanese ...

Producing a beverage through mold may sound unappetizing. But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...

Japan's Takehiro Kano, ambassador to UNESCO, reacts after sake, the traditional Japanese brewing, was named Intangible Cultural Heritage during an UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Asuncion ...

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 ...

Dec. 5 (UPI) --The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization added traditional Japanese knowledge and skills used in the production of sake and "shochu" distilled spirits to ...

Traditional sake brewers had already been contending with decades of falling sales at home as consumers acquired a taste for cocktails like highballs and other alcoholic drinks. "The situation is ...

"This will help to renew interest in traditional sake elaboration.” In Tokyo, Hitoshi Utsunomiya, the director of the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association, a trade group, agreed.

"This will help to renew interest in traditional sake elaboration.” In Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in a statement, said he was “delighted” by the inscription of ...

“This will help to renew interest in traditional sake elaboration.” In Tokyo, Hitoshi Utsunomiya, the director of the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association, a trade group, agreed.