UNESCO added Japan's process of sake brewing to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. File Photo by Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA Dec. 5 (UPI) --The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

James Jin pauses to wipe sweat from his brow as he manually mixes steamed rice early in the process of brewing his craft sake. As owner and brewer at Nova Brewing Co., Jin is bringing the ancient art ...

For Fukunari Wakabayashi, sake brewing isn’t just a craft — it’s a living expression of harmony between people, nature, and place. Inspired by his grandparents’ rice paddies and the creatures that ...

Co-founders Brian Polen, left, and Brandon Doughan during the labor-intensive sake brewing process at Brooklyn Kura, in New York, Feb. 15, 2018. Sake remains a largely untapped frontier in the ...

Sake drinkers hoping to watch seasoned craftsmen show off ancient skills with antique wooden equipment will be out of luck on a tour of the Dassai brewery in Yamaguchi prefecture. The gleaming ...

Fiona Chandra is an Indonesian-born freelance writer but she has called Los Angeles home for the past two decades. She has covered the Los Angeles dining scene for over a decade. When you arrive at ...

Visitors will be able to attend tours and tastings on Thursdays and Fridays starting Oct. 19. HYDE PARK — Cherry blossom trees welcome visitors to a new sake brewery by Asahi Shuzo, a major Japanese ...

Amid the buzz of fluorescent lights, the intermittent chug of a refrigerator condenser and the flapping hiss of an industrial-size gas flame, Mick Jagger’s voice rises and falls: “Exile on Main Street ...

Co-founders Brian Polen, left, and Brandon Doughan during the labor-intensive sake brewing process at Brooklyn Kura, in New York, Feb. 15, 2018. Sake remains a largely untapped frontier in the ...