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Nada-Gogō (灘五郷, nada-gogō, "The Five Villages of Nada") are five area-based groupings of sake breweries in the cities of Kobe and Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is the largest sake producing region in Japan, with breweries in the area accounting for just over one quarter of the sake production in the entire country. [1]
Emi Machida (町田 恵美, Machida Emi) is a toji, or master sake brewer in Japan. Machida is the first toji in her family, who have owned the Machida Brewery in Gunma for over 130 years. [1] [2] Machida is also an active member of the Women's Sake Industry Group. [3] Machida's featured sake is the Junmai 60 Wakamizu (純米60 若水). [4]
Sudo Honke (須藤 本家, Sudō Honke) is a Japanese manufacturer of sake headquartered in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture.Founded in 1141, and run by the 55th generation of the Sudo family, it is the oldest sake brewery in Japan and one of the oldest companies in the world.
Sake is usually filtered to remove grain solids left behind after the fermentation process. Nigori sake is filtered using a broader mesh, resulting in the permeating of fine rice particles and a far cloudier drink. [2] [3] Unfiltered sake is known as doburoku (どぶろく, but also 濁酒) [2] [3] and was originally brewed across Japan by ...
Sake bottle, Japan, c. 1740 Sake barrel offerings at the Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Kamakura Sake, saké (酒, sake, / ˈ s ɑː k i, ˈ s æ k eɪ / SAH-kee, SAK-ay [4] [5]), or saki, [6] also referred to as Japanese rice wine, [7] is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.
From his experience working in Japanese sake breweries, Harper realized that sake needed to reach a wider audience in order to survive the modern world of liquor enthusiasts. [6] To that end, he published his second book in 2006 entitled The Book of Sake: A Connoisseurs Guide with the intended audience being both national and international sake ...
Kuchikamizake (口噛み酒, mouth-chewed sake) or kuchikami no sake (口噛みの酒) is a type of sake, rice-based brewed alcohol, produced by a process involving human saliva as a fermentation starter. Kuchikamizake was one of the earliest types of Japanese alcoholic drinks.
Sawanotsuru Co. Ltd (沢の鶴株式会社) is one of Japan’s largest producers of sake. [citation needed] The company was founded in 1717 in Nada-ku, Kobe, a region famous for sake production. According to Sawanotsuru Co., its sake is exported to approximately 30 countries.