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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.
However, in Japan, around the beginning of the Meiji or Shōwa periods, custom changed and the head of the household usually takes the first drink. The tradition of drinking toso at the New Year began in the Tang dynasty in China and was adopted by Japanese aristocrats during the Heian period .
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.
Everything you need to know about sake, from how it's made to how to drink it and what bottles you should buy.
Habushu (ハブ酒) is an awamori-based liqueur made in Okinawa, Japan. Other common names include Habu Sake or Okinawan Snake Wine. Habushu is named after the habu snake, Protobothrops flavoviridis, which belongs to the pit viper subfamily of vipers, and is closely related to the rattlesnake and copperhead. [1] Like all vipers, Habu snakes are ...
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]
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.
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]