NIIGATA—Young brewers are trying to breathe fresh air into the struggling local sake industry here that once made waves across the nation. Sake sales are on a downward trend across the nation ...

One theory is that women were considered impure because of menstruation and were therefore excluded from sacred spaces, said ...

At Niigata Station we sample sake from the dizzying array on offer. We visit an old brewery that has converted one building into a tourist attraction. One sightseeing train—so popular it's ...

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vice director of the Sakeology Center at Niigata University. “Another theory is that as sake became mass produced, a lot of heavy labor and dangerous tasks were involved," he said. "So the job ...

vice director of the Sakeology Center at Niigata University. “Another theory is that as sake became mass produced, a lot of heavy labor and dangerous tasks were involved,” he said.