As long as you have the right equipment ... they could ruin your rice. Instead, a rice paddle, also known as a shamoji in ...

water and a rice mold known as koji, and gives it a good mix with a long paddle. “The morning hours are crucial in sake making,” said Takahashi, 43. Her brewery is in Nagano prefecture ...

FUSSA--At a Tokyo brewery dating back to the days of the samurai, Koichi Maesako drops a 3-meter-long wooden paddle into a giant ... and-sour-smelling brew - of rice, yeast starter, the culinary ...