It’s hard to imagine an environment more different from the wet, green Japanese islands where the art of fermenting rice into sake has been perfected over 2,400 years. Did Sakurai choose ...

You might well have read about sake, the smooth rice wine that is arguably ... “In the fight for our homeland, our artists – bearers of living heritage – are perishing.

Art of Sake Joins UN Heritage List In early December, UNESCO added Japan's sake-brewing process to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, officially recognizing a tradition that dates back more ...