In this ikki weekly news, ikki deliver what is happening in Japan in Sake industry for your knowledge as well as hints for your business. Please note that if […]

On 14th February 2020, there was Fine Sake Award selection in Tokyo. This competition is 10th in 2020, and there was 897 entries from 259 breweries. In this competition there […]

 In this ikki weekly news, ikki deliver what is happening in Japan in Sake industry for your knowledge as well as hints for your business. Please note that if you […]

 Sawada Syuzo Co., Ltd. (Nara prefecture) is going to release their original brand “Yukyu no Hikari”(悠久の光) in brand-new blue bottle.  Sawada Syuzo is a sake brewery located in Nara prefecture. […]

 In this ikki weekly news, ikki deliver what is happening in Japan in Sake industry for your knowledge as well as hints for your business. Please note that if you […]

 ikki officially launch Youtube channel and released first video as below;     About youtube channel  The first video of ikki Youtube channel is 「Expert Interview Dr. Shuji Horie / […]

  Japanese Sake has been sold in Isshobin 一升瓶(1800ml bottle) traditionally, and now they have a variety of size like 180ml, 300ml and 720ml depending on the breweries’ preference.  In […]

When you look at the label of Japanese Sake, even if you cannot read Japanese you often see words like “正宗”(Masamune) or “鶴”(Tsuru). In Japanese culture, there are words which […]

 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles is one of the famous wine competitions in Europe, and now holding the competition all over the world. They started Sake competition in 2018, and in […]

As you know Japanese Sake is a fermented alcohol beverage originated in Japanese culture. To ferment the rice, which is a main ingredient of Japanese Sake, firstly, it need to […]

When you import Japanese Sake, in order to maintain the quality and avoid the risk of breakages how you arrange the transport is very important.   One of the topic […]

One of the major Japanese Sake competition in Japan is “Kan Sake Award”. Kan means make it warm. The feature that it gets more unique aroma or deepen and complex […]

ikki deliver news from Japan regarding Sake and trading business monthly. Please find the monthly ikki news of January 2020 as below;   Fukushima local Sake rice “FUKUNOKA” 福乃香   […]

Japanese government will put more effort to promote Sake to the world in 2020. According to National Tax Agency, they are planning to budget for Japanese Sake export 10 times […]

In 27th May 2019, there was a sake competition called “Kura Master – le grand concours de saké japonais de Paris 2019” at Galerie Joseph in Paris. This is 3rd […]

Trade terms ~why incoterms so important~ When you start a trading of goods from foreign countries, the contract is one of the most important point. As the goods passes a […]

US National Sake Appraisal   U.S. National Sake Appraisal is fist Sake competition which takes place out of Japan since 2011. Their purpose of this competition is as below;   […]

This year is 2020 when Olympic games taken place in Tokyo Japan! Nevertheless, it is important to learn from the past as well.   On this page, we summarize what […]

On 5th ~ 8th April 2019, there was a judging of award winning Sake from more than 1500 brands in a blind tasting format.   In this competition, there are […]

     In 2019, there was a competition only for Sake called “Sake Competition” and 47 sake awarded Gold prize out of 1919 entries.    In this competition, there are […]