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Iinuma Honke sake brewery marks 300 years with a banquet
A 300-year-old brewery in Chiba pours its new-season junmai daiginjo hours off the press at a two-day banquet for 26 guests a night.
Tokyo's SAKE PARK returns with 28 breweries this month
Twenty-eight breweries set up on Shibuya's rooftop park for three days of tastings, yakitori and live music, as Japan's sake exports keep climbing.
Dassai signs deal for a third sake brewery in Iwakuni
The premium sake maker will build a ¥9.84bn plant near its Yamaguchi headquarters, aimed squarely at bottles that retail above ¥10,000.
Sake rice quality falls as Japan's summers heat up
Hyogo Prefecture's Yamada Nishiki, the rice behind 40% of Japan's sake, is losing quality as summer heat crosses 27°C during ripening. A heat-tolerant variety spreads slowly.
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