OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in ...
Chef Shigeki Yagi pours warmed sake into a glass for a customer at his restaurant in Okaya, Nagano prefecture, central Japan, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. AP PHOTO "It means a lot to Japan and to the ...