Traditional containers to keep Japanese sake are placed for decorations at a room shown during a media tour at the Ozawa Sake Brewery in Ome, on the western outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. – Photos: AP
Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 litres 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, hopes sake-brewing will win recognition as a Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage, when the decision is made next month.
