The luxury resort will open on March 1 on Miyako Island. It will be the Rosewood brand's first hotel in Japan.

While sake might be the best-known spirit of Japan, awamori – a local Okinawan spirit – is the oldest distilled alcoholic ...

With its spectacular scenery, vibrant culture and relaxed atmosphere, Okinawa Island is a destination not to be missed when ...

Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It’s brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savored in ...

Hitoshi Utsunomiya, a director of JSS, highlighted the importance of the registration, stating, “Even within Japan, many ...

Then there’s the Glenfiddich Grand Yozakura 29-year whisky, a single-malt Scotch aged in American-oak casks and finished in awamori casks. Like the bar where it’s found, the drink is the perfect ...

The cultural value of the techniques used to make sake, shochu, awamori and other alcoholic beverages has won global recognition. It is hoped that this will be an opportunity for many people both at ...

But his real passion is making shochu. The first encounter made Lyman feel good enough to want to try “awamori,” or Okinawan liquor made from rice and black rice malt mold and “imo-jochu ...