Japanese traditional sake brewing was officially registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage on December , 2024. The project includes various alcoholic beverages such as sake, awamori, and shochu. It is expected that sake, which is gaining increasing attention from countries around the world, ...
In close proximity to Kyoto and Nara, Osaka is one of Japan’s true metropolises and third largest city, behind Tokyo and Yokohama. With a reputation for being more brash and loud than Tokyo, Osaka has long been a merchant city and one of the few areas of Japan that maintained some cont...
Nagano is the perfect place to go to experience Japan's great outdoors year-round, including winter sports. Learn about how to get there, 25 of the best spots to visit, ski resort information, and other useful information on traveling in this gorgeous prefecture accessible from Tokyo and ...
” and have long been hubs of rice farming and sake brewing. They are also prime examples of Japan’s “satoyama” style of village, where farms and houses are built on the arable flat land tucked between forested mountain foothills.