One of the primary forces currently driving the positive state of affairs in the sake world is the emergence of young brewers. The transition from an era in which those who actually brewed sake were farmers who had no work in the winter months and therefore worked for sake breweries only during that time period…
People have long said that the warm climate of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four major islands, is not suitable for making sake, and it is therefore predominantly a shochu-producing region. Geographically, the island of Kyushu can be roughly split into north and south along the prefectural border of Miyazaki and Oita, with that line…
Tochigi Prefecture is well-known for the internationally famous tourist spot Nikkô. It is also known in Japan as a region that produces a wide array of vegetables and fruit, in particular, strawberries. In recent years it has been garnering increasing popularity as a key region for sake fans as well. Like its prefectural neighbors of…