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Kampai! All about Japanese sake
It's believed people in the archipelago began brewing rice in a simple way some two millennia ago, with a third-century Chinese chronicle describing the Japanese as fond of alcohol.
Sake bottles are seen on display at the Toshimaya Shuzo sake brewery in Tokyo on December 4, 2024. (AFP photos)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Japanese tipples sake and shochu -- and the knowledge and skills honed over centuries to make them -- have been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
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