The government has begun considering relaxing the regulation on the issuance of new licenses to operate a sake brewery ...

Previous Sake Meguri event Sake Meguri 2025 Logo Explore over 150 premium sake labels from more than 20 distinguished breweries and ...

We sip the Born Gold from a gold-coloured ochoko that accentuates the sake’s yellowish colour, while the Hakutsuru Toji-Kan (which means Brewer's Pride) sake is served in a ‘janome’ or a ...

BENGALARU -- "My tryst with Japanese cuisine started in the early 2000s on a visit to New York," says Maia Laifungbam, India's first toji (master brewer of sake). "I tasted sushi for the first ...

Its Seafood brew has proven popular. As "toji," or head brewer, Imada took a different approach to creating the junmai sake. Starting with a sake to complement oysters, for which the waters of the ...

Its Seafood brew has proven popular. As toji, or head brewer, Imada took a different approach to creating the junmai sake. Starting with a sake to complement oysters, for which the waters of the Seto ...

The total fermentation process takes around two months from start to finish.Rebecca Rosman/The World This process is carefully overseen by the brewery’s toji, or master brewer, who monitors the sake ...

is polished and reduced by specific amounts for varying sake styles. Then toji (sake masters) and kurabito (brewery workers) monitor both the koji development, and later the shubo, or yeast mother ...

and is said to be the origin of the word “sake.” In fall, you’ll find local toji (master brewers) making their way to the shrine to pray for the upcoming brewing season. Since home brewing ...

Her brewery is in Nagano prefecture, a region known for its sake making. Takahashi is one of a small group of female toji, or master sake brewers. Only 33 female toji are registered in Japan’s ...