Sake Guides
Articles on choosing, tasting, serving, and how sake is made. Currently available in Japanese.
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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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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...
Brewery Tourism #Beginner #Traveler #Overseas #brewery tour #region -
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