Producing a beverage through mold may sound unappetizing. But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...

The proposed “Traditional knowledge and skills of sake making with 'koji' mold in Japan” specifically recognizes the manual techniques of "toji" (master brewers), "kurabito" (brewers ...

Japan's iconic rice wine, sake, was added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list on Wednesday. Revered for its role in Japan’s culinary and cultural traditions, sake has ...