HOW JAPANESE IS SAKE?
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HOW JAPANESE IS SAKE?
Sake is quintessentially Japanese to most people. It is made
in Japan, where it has an ancient history. It is a product
of paddy fields and mountain streams, and sold in bottles
adorned with Japanese calligraphy. It is drunk in tiny
cups, usually after a toast of ‘Kampai’. What could be more
Japanese? All these things are true, but not the whole truth.
Is sake more – or less - Japanese than it seems?
WORDS: CHRISTINE PARKINSON
IMAGE ATTRIBUTION CENTRE CLOCKWISE: MARK VEGAS, LUKE SIEMENS, JABB, PERLAROQUES, GULLEVEK, VIA FLICKR
MUSEUM OF SAKE JOURNAL 16