4. NIIGATA
Niigata is 3rd
in Sake
Production of all Prefectures
Currently just over 90
Breweries in Niigata
5. NIIGATA
Niigata is 3rd
in Sake
Production of all Prefectures
Currently just over 90
Breweries in Niigata
Niigata is famous for Sake,
Rice, Skiing and Snow!
19. Sake Consumption
• 7% of the alcohol consumed in Japan is
Sake
• Sake is 0.1% of all alcohol consumed in US
20. Top Sake Exports Markets
a. USA (4,997 ¥Million)
b. Hong Kong (2,282 ¥Million)
c. South Korea (1,364 ¥Million)
d. China (1,173 ¥Million)
e. Taiwan (890 ¥Million)
Just about 4% of sake made in Japan is exported.
(France exports roughly 30% of their domestic wine production)
21. 2018 Sake Stats
• Exports of sake totaled 25,700 kiloliters in
2018, up from 23,481KL 2017.
• The export value increased from $171M in
2017 to $200M in 2018.
50. Sake History
300 BC First Sake Production in Japan following development
of wet rice cultivation
Kuchi-Kami Sake…
1570 an early form of Pasteurization is invented.
1944 Law created forcing addition of brewer’s alcohol to all
sake to increase sake yields using less rice.
1968 First post-war “junmai” sake is brewed
1974 Highpoint for Japanese sake production
1992 “Special Designation” sake classifications established.
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Notas del editor
watshi no kura no katsudo. AKI.
first was rice milling.
excellent teacher in Nagumo Jun
learned about importance of rice temperature
sakamai no ondo ga ichiban taisetsu.
climbed to the top of the milling machines.
Filled and Stacked 30KG bags of rice
Genryo shori
experienced hand washing. small batch washing
te de arau koto wo keken shimashita.
Lots of cleaning, washing daisha.,
washing sweeping floor of entire genryoshori
learned about using weight of rice to calculate water absorbion
dai ni
shikomi gura. shikomi kai-ire
tome-naka-soe - soe-naka-tome - honjozo & Seishu