OKAYA, Japan (AP) — 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 the foothills ...

TOKYO >> The gentle lilt of a flute fills a tight second-story space in Tokyo that houses a burbling vat of fermenting sake. The bacteria in the 670-liter (147-gallon) tank will take more than two ...

HOT SPRINGS -- After years of effort, the dream of opening a sake brewery in Hot Springs will soon be a reality for two Arkansas men. Matt Bell, owner and CEO of Origami Sake, and Ben Bell, vice ...

HONOLULU (ISLAND NEWS) -- The poet Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." Except... in some new sake brews by a celebrated Champagne maker.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second installment on Arkansas' first sake brewery, which is being built in Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS -- With its new sake brewery under construction, the principals behind ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Hot Springs is known for its tourism industry. Thousands flock to the Spa City during breaks from school, but a new business has been trying to draw a different type of crowd— one ...