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Original reporting from the land and the breweries, alongside sponsored stories from partner breweries. Paid content is always marked "Sponsored".
From the land to the glass: a year of mountain, water, paddy and brewery
Behind every glass of Akita sake is a yearly cycle that begins with snow on the mountains.
Two breweries in Rokugō, the town of springs
Misato’s Rokugō has around a hundred springs. From the same town’s water come two very different sakes.
Reading Akita through its sake rice
Follow the rice behind Akita’s signature sakes and one local variety after another appears.
Five centuries: visiting Akita’s oldest breweries
Some breweries date back to the Muromachi era. Their founding years show how long this land has been making sake.