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Episode: Japan’s sake brewers hope UNESCO heritage listing can boost rice wine’s appeal
Description: Deep in a dark warehouse, the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing techniques dating back more than 1,000 years.
Junichiro Ozawa, the 18th-generation head of Ozawa Brewery, founded in 1702, hoped sake-brewing would win recognition as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage when the decision was made earlier this month.
Sake, the drink of choice for the nobility in “The Tale of Genji”—Japan’s most celebrated work of literature—has been widening its appeal, boosted by the growing international popularity of Japanese cuisine.
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