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 / Life of Sake : everlasting passion and endeavor」.  In ikki Youtube channel, there will be a variety of movies, which ikki can deliver information in […]

[Update 3/30]   Please find the update as below;   Canada/US No significant change. Logistics workers are considered as Essential workers and ports are operating.   South America No significant change. Lacking workforce at some of the ports causing delays.   Europe No significant change. Lacking workforce at some of the ports causing delays.   […]

ikki summarises the situation of world logistics especially between Japan and the World. Please find the information from below;   North America United States Automobile factory stop the operation → the shipment schedule from Japan can be cancelled Washington state Shipment from China need to spend 14 days after departure to enter ports (14 days […]

For those who are in Japanese Sake business, the transportation of Japanese Sake is necessary.As you can see from ikki’s trade knowledge, there are a lot of companies related to deliver Japanese Sake, such as breweries, exporters, forwarders, shipping companies, warehouse companies…etc   Nevertheless, especially for those of you who are planning to start Japanese […]

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 you need to understand is packing of pallet or containers. At the breweries, they pack the cartons and prepare for the export, but if pallet […]

Japanese Unit of measurement   You must hear measuring units such as Goku or Sho or Gou if you are in the Sake industry. Maybe, some of you know that 4 Gou is 720ml as a basic knowledge due to the size of bottle and its name. Same as “mile” instead of “meter” or “pound” […]

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 happen in Japan in 2019. Please find the news summary of 2019 from below;     February   On 1st February, Economic Partnership Agreement(EPA) between […]

Sake is an agricultural product.   Brewers are not concentrating on brewing process only. As quality of rice is depending on how they are grown: in other words, all the elements such as location, farmers, climate, decide the quality of rice. So, brewers need to understand about Japan year by year and plan how they […]

Can you imagine how Sake breweries are working throughout a year? Same as wine, the production of Sake is depending on the harvest of rice and mostly it is once a year. On this page, you can find how breweries are working and producing throughout the year. Let’s start from July which is a beginning […]