Producing a beverage through mold may sound unappetizing. But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...

Sake has fueled many joyous and commemorative occasions in Japan. Now, it has provided another reason to celebrate. UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Gozenshu Brewery is one of the few in Japan using bodaimoto, a 600-year-old fermentation method, to make sake. They use it to make junmai, or pure rice sake ...

Women were largely excluded from sake production until after World War II. Sake making has a history of more than a thousand years, with strong roots in Japan’s traditional Shinto religion.

More specifically, UNESCO added the "traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan." "Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from grains and water that is deeply rooted in ...

Dec. 5 (UPI) --The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization added traditional Japanese knowledge and skills used in the production of sake and "shochu" distilled spirits to its ...