These themed trains in Japan include Pikachu, Hello Kitty, dinosaurs, and one specially dedicated to drinking sake.

Ashikaga in Tochigi, and the Tohoku region in northern Japan. Niigata, which is north of Tokyo on the Sea of Japan, is famous for sake and sushi. At Niigata Station, Ponshukan is a casual sake ...

The Ritz-Carlton Spa menu here draws from local customs, and there are treatments on offer utilizing sake lees from a 150-year-old Tochigi brewery and volcanic stones that may have tumbled from Mo ...

Origami Sake in Hot Springs won a gold medal at the Tokyo Sake Challenge for its single-origin Angelfish. Credit: Origami Sake Hot Springs’ Origami Sake was the only U.S. brewery to win a gold ...

Increased tourism and cultural curiosity has brewed a strong demand for Japanese sake in Australia. Imports of the beverage into Australia have triple since 2011. Over the last decade, Australia ...

Hot Springs-based Origami Sake has won a gold award at the Tokyo Sake Challenge 2025, the only sake brewery from the United States to earn such an honor this year. Origami's Angelfish earned the ...

Dassai Blue Sake Brewery, located at the former Stop & Shop in Hyde Park, is the region's only sake brewery. Open since Sept. 23, 2023, the sake brewery has tours, tastings and locally made sake ...

A contest to pick a new "Miss Sake India" was held in New Delhi on Thursday to promote the drink in the world's most populous country, with Aakansha, 29, named as this year's winner. Five ...

MIYAKO, Fukuoka -- The Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau hosted a sake brewery tour for about 20 foreign residents to learn about Japan's traditional sake brewing, which is registered as a UNESCO ...