Sake Column

  Record of Past Media Coverage In the past few years, we have had the honor of meeting great bloggers, influencers and tv personalities. We shared our tours with them and learned a lot along the way. Check out the great pages, vide...

Amazake is a Japanese beverage known as sweet sake, and it is packed with vitamins and nutrients. It can be enjoyed hot or cold, all-year-round.Traditional amazake is made with a fermented combination of koji rice and steamed rice. The r...

【Is Sake Good or Bad for Your Health? Let's Find Out!】 When drinking sake at home, it may happen that you end up drinking too much. If you drink too heavily, it can cause various diseases and you will be warned by the doctor. If this w...

【Let's Learn How to Pair Japanese Sake with Food】 Did you enjoy Simple Guide for Sake Tasting and Pairing｜For Beginners in our last article? https://kyotosakeexperience.com/simple-guide-for-sake-tasting-and-pairing%ef%bd%9cfor-beginne...

【Visiting Breweries in Central Kyoto】 As part of our efforts to increase the number of sake fans in Japan and abroad, Kyoto Sake Experience regularly organizes sake brewery tours for our staff to learn more about sake. In the past, we ...

【Do You Enjoy Sake During "Stay Home Period"?】 With fewer opportunities to eat out, there are more opportunities to enjoy sake at home. It was easy just to order the recommended sake at a bar or izakaya before pandemic. On the top of t...

【When You Find Undisclosed Sake】 Kyogokuya is a liquor store in the Fushimi Otesuji shopping district. It is my favorite liquor store because it carries a variety of interesting sake from all over Japan. One day, I found this sake ther...

Did you know you can buy sake made in Kyoto online without traveling all the way to Japan?  Here we introduce five great sake bottles made in Kyoto on Tippsy, that you can order at home!  *Please note Tippsy currently only ship...

It feels the time has just flew by since we posted the last article. We hope everyone who has joined our tour in the past is doing well and staying safe. Though Japan has recently eased entry restrictions for foreign residents, the road ...

Let's Spend a Day in Fushimi What travel style do you have? When I go on a trip, I like to go not only to sightseeing spots but also to places where I can see the lives of local people. It's fun to visit local shopping malls and small sh...

【Do You Like Sake to be Hot or Cold?】 Sake is good to drink both with cold and hot. When you drink sake hot, it is called 'atsukan'.Drinking temperature also ranges from 5 ° C to 60 ° C over a wide range compared to other alcoholic bev...

【Is Sake Good or Bad for Your Health? Let's Find Out!】 When drinking sake at home, it may happen that you end up drinking too much. If you drink too heavily, it can cause various diseases and you will be warned by the doctor. If this w...

In Kyoto you find lots of sushi restaurants and there you see different bottles of sake in the menu. However, have you ever thought of which sake goes well with sushi better?Here we talk about good relationship between sushi and sake. Af...

Story to Know The Fushimi Sake District of Kyoto has prospered as a prominent area of sake brewing since the latter half of the 16th century.  It was when the area was a renowned castle town within Japan.People know the area of Fush...

Japan -- blessed with delicious rice and water, has many sake breweries throughout the country. And the taste of sake changes depending on the characteristics of the region. Today we'd like to introduce 5 best destinations that you can e...

【Hot sake is growing in popularity】 The style of enjoying hot sake is also spreading among young people. The taste will change surprisingly depending on how the sake is heated. As the number of people who are fascinated by hot sake inc...

Try Raw Sake! We know that Japanese like raw things, such as raw fish, raw beef, raw eggs, etc. —-As well as raw sake. So there is a kind of special sake called Namasake, which has a sharper aroma and fresher taste than normal sakes, bec...

【Let's Learn How to Pair Japanese Sake with Food】 Did you enjoy Simple Guide for Sake Tasting and Pairing｜For Beginners in our last article? https://kyotosakeexperience.com/simple-guide-for-sake-tasting-and-pairing%ef%bd%9cfor-beginne...

【Must Go Restaurant for Food Lover in Kyoto】 Torisei main branch is a restaurant renovated from a traditional sake brewery building. That origin is the famous Yamamoto Honke Sake Brewery. It is known for its sake brand ‘Shinsei’. You w...

Sake vs Shochu Do you know the difference between sake and shochu? There are alcohol that widely drunken in Japan. Here we introduce what it the major difference between these two drinks! 【Difference of Producing Process】 The biggest d...