BV.13.0001
Amazake Sweet Fermented Rice Drink
Amazake (甘酒 — 'sweet sake') is a thick, sweet, low/no-alcohol drink made from koji-fermented rice, r…
Amazake was established a
BV.13.0002
Genmaicha Brown Rice Green Tea
Genmaicha (玄米茶) blends bancha or sencha green tea leaves with roasted brown rice (genmai), some of w…
Japan — historically a bu
BV.13.0003
Gyokuro Premium Shade-Grown Japanese Green Tea
Gyokuro (玉露, jade dew) is Japan's most expensive green tea — grown under 90% shade for the final 3 w…
Uji, Kyoto Prefecture — g
BV.13.0004
Hojicha Roasted Green Tea Japanese Technique
Hojicha is created by roasting bancha or sencha leaves at high temperature (around 200°C), transform…
Kyoto, Japan — commercial
BV.13.0005
Japanese Craft Beer Jibiiru Regional Brewing
Japan's craft beer movement (jibiiru — 'local beer') emerged after the 1994 deregulation that reduce…
1994 deregulation trigger
BV.13.0006
Kyushu Shochu Regional Varieties Distillation
Shochu (焼酎) is Japan's most consumed spirit by volume — a distilled beverage produced throughout Kyu…
Kyushu — shochu introduce
BV.13.0007
Matcha Ceremonial Grade Cooking Grade Applications
Matcha (抹茶) exists across a quality spectrum from ceremonial grade (for tea ceremony) to culinary gr…
Japan — matcha introduced
BV.13.0008
Mugicha Barley Tea Japanese Summer Beverage
Mugicha (麦茶, barley tea) is Japan's most consumed summer cold beverage — caffeine-free roasted barle…
Japan — mugicha documente
BV.13.0009
Okinawa Awamori Ryukyu Distilled Spirit
Awamori (泡盛, foam rise) is Okinawa's indigenous distilled spirit — Japan's oldest distilled liquor, …
Okinawa (Ryukyu Kingdom)
BV.13.0010
Sake Brewing Rice Polishing Nihonshudo Scale
Sake (日本酒) production is one of Japan's most complex fermented beverages — using rice polished to va…
Japan — sake documented s
BV.13.0011
Seasonal Japanese Brewing — Shiboritate and Hiyaoroshi
Sake production is a seasonal calendar as precise as kaiseki. Brewing begins in late autumn (October…
Traditional sake brewing
BV.13.0012
Sencha Green Tea Japanese Preparation
Sencha is Japan's most consumed green tea, made from directly steamed (not pan-fired) tea leaves, pr…
Uji, Kyoto / Shizuoka Pre
BV.13.0013
Shirogane Ginjo Premium Sake Making
Ginjo-shu and daiginjo-shu represent Japan's premium sake categories — made with highly polished ric…
Japan — ginjo category fo
BV.13.0014
Shōchū Japanese Distilled Spirit
Shōchū is Japan's most consumed distilled spirit by volume — a single or multiple-distillation spiri…
Shōchū traces to 15th-cen