What is Sake?

Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from rice through fermentation and filtration. For fermentation of sake, rice koji, a kind of fungi grown on rice, is used. Sake has been made for over 1,000 years all over the Japanese islands.There are about 1,500 sake makers producing their unique sake with different regional tastes.

Please click here for details on the production method and culture of Japanese sake
(website of the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association).
https://www.japansake.or.jp/sake/en/
*The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association is an organization of Japanese sake producers.

Please click for other websites that introduce Japanese sake (website of JFOODO).
https://sake-jfoodo.jetro.go.jp/us/
*JFOODO is an organization that promotes Japan’s agriculture, forestry and fishery produce, as well as food products, to consumers overseas.

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