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 ...

Awamori, a spirit unique to Okinawa, Japan, has a rich history intertwined with Thailand. Its origins are in the 15th century during Japan’s Ryukyu Kingdom (AD1429 – 1879), a period marked by ...

The government accepted a request from Okinawan producers of awamori, the well-known spirit of the southernmost prefecture, to reduce the tax break over 10 years to May 2032 instead of ...

A committee of UNESCO has decided to register Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and other alcoholic ...

When traveling in Japan, many people look forward to enjoying traditional Japanese drinks like sake, shochu, and awamori. On ...

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 ...

Japanese brewers are in high spirits after UNESCO adds their know-how for making sake, shochu and awamori to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

UNESCO has officially registered Japan’s traditional brewing techniques, including sake, shochu, and awamori, as Intangible ...