Sake Guides
Articles on choosing, tasting, serving, and how sake is made. Currently available in Japanese.
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06How to Buy Sake in Japan: A No-Fail Guide for Shops and Travel
You freeze in front of the shelf. The names mean nothing, the prices are all over the place, and you have no idea which bottle to reach for. For most people, the first hurdle with sake isn't the taste. It's the choosing.
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10A Region-by-Region Guide to Japanese Sake: From Hokkaido and Tohoku to Kyushu
Picking a local sake while traveling in Japan is confusing if the prefecture name is all you have to go on. A more reliable compass is the GI: a Geographical Indication, a government-recognized sake region under a system comparable to wine appellations such as France's AOC. Using GIs as the frame...
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11Planning a Sake Brewery Visit: What to Know Before You Book
A sake brewery visit is not the kind of outing you can improvise on the day. Many breweries require advance reservations (in Japan, booking ahead is the norm for guided tours, not an optional courtesy), and depending on the season, there may be no actual brewing to see. Sorting out the practical ...
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19City Sake Tourism: Brewery Visits in Tokyo, Kyoto's Fushimi, and Kanazawa
You don't need a countryside detour to experience sake at the source. A few free hours in the city are enough to see how it's made and taste the results. Urban sake experiences fall into three broad types: brewery tours, where you see the production side; tastings and kakuuchi (standing bars insi...
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23Why Japan's Great Sake Regions Exist: Nada, Fushimi, and Beyond
Nada, Fushimi, Niigata. Japan's famous sake regions did not become famous by accident. Wherever a great sake district took root, you find the same three things: good water, rice within reach, and a way to ship the finished sake to market. This article is not about which region tastes like what. I...
Regions #Intermediate #Traveler #region #history #water