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[:en] While Kaetsu Brewery was formed relatively recently, through a 1962 merger of four makers in the Hokuriku region, sake has been produced at its same location for more than a century and a… Read more...

[:en] Celebrated for its brilliant jewel-like colors and bold decorations, the Kutani porcelain tradition has flourished for centuries in Ishikawa Prefecture. This ceramic art developed as much… Read more...

[:en] Takigahara Farm Through an initiative launched in connection with the Aoyama Farmer's Market in Tokyo and backed by Kurosaki Teruo, the charismatic director of design firm Idee, the ha… Read more...

[:en] Master brewer Noguchi Naohiko, born in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1932, is famed in the sake world. Following his father and grandfather before him, he began brewing in 1949, well below the… Read more...

[:en]Nishide Hirohisa is among the vanguard of young toji brewmasters who are not only keeping sake traditions alive, but ensuring that they stay fresh and relevant. His brewery's signature Haru… Read more...