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Japan: The art of making Sake

Written byScilla Alecci
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Posted 25 April 2010 15 years ago

A few pictures by Buddhika illustrate the art of making sake, the alcholic beverage made from rice. The photographer portrays some workers at a sake distillery in Fukui Prefecture.

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  • berlinerstrasse

    Wow, this is really arts. Do you know if sake is always made like this? I cannot imagine that they can make sake for a whole country with so people-intensive work.

    I also did not know that sake contains only 15% alcohol. I always guessed it was about 30–40% ;)

    25 April 2010, 16:57 pm
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