Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing techniques dating back more ...

The rice — which wields tremendous marketing power as part of Japan's broader cultural identity — is key to the alcoholic brew. For a product to be categorized Japanese sake, the rice must be ...

Lots of that rice becomes sake ... s parks transform into fields of cotton candy when cherry blossoms bloom around mid-April to early May, a little later than most of Japan due to the cooler ...

Their facility is located on the island and they locally source two types of sake rice, Gohyakumangoku and Echitanrei. This petite patch of Japanese ... Many rice fields developed,” explains ...

Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing techniques ...

Deep in a dark warehouse, the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks. OME, Japan — Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 ...