TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (JSS), a non-profit organization created by the producers of Japan’s two main alcoholic beverages, sake and shochu, is hosting the ...

You’ve been pairing sake with your spicy tuna rolls for years and adding Japanese whisky to your rotation as of late since its booming popularity, but there’s one Japanese liquor that still remains ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Every year, the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association holds a Sake fair in which over 400 Sake brewers from various parts of Japan take part. The 16th All Japan Sake Fair, ...

296 Grand St., between Roebling St. and Havemeyer St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 718-384-7770 Japanese bossa nova burbles from behind the wraparound bar as post-grads nibble plates of button-shaped ...

Traditional Japanese knowledge and skills used in the production of sake and shochu distilled spirits were approved on Wednesday for addition to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, a committee ...

Just when sake is becoming trendy in the Bay Area, the Japanese are already onto the next big drink -- shochu. Shochu is now outselling sake in Japan -- phenomenal for a spirit that less than 20 years ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. You may not have heard of shochu, the most important traditional Japanese spirit.

Served hot or cold, sake is an ancient beverage brewed from fermented rice, while shochu is distilled like vodka. Both are delicious sipped neat or mixed in cocktails. By Selena Ricks-Good. Down a ...

Sake anchors many sushi-bar drink menus, but sometimes its more mysterious cousin, shochu, makes an appearance. While sake is a wine brewed from rice, shochu is a distilled spirit which can be derived ...