Now, Japanese overseas as well as Japanese government are looking to promote Awamori, an alcoholic beverage indigenous to Okinawa. Awamori is a distilled spirit, made of Thai-mai (long grain rice ...

UNESCO added Japan's traditional techniques for making sake, shochu and awamori to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Alcoholic drinks have long played a vital role in Japanese culture, such as in ...

As many sake breweries in Japan grapple with challenges such as an aging population of toji master brewers, a lack of ...

Among alcohol produced with traditional brewing are sake, shochu, awamori, as well as mirin sweet cooking rice wine. Awamori, produced in Okinawa Prefecture, is regarded as Japan's oldest ...