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Amazake: The Drink Between Food and Medicine It is sweet, and nobody sweetened it. It is called sake, and it is usually not alcoholic. It is drunk hot at New Year shrines, and in classical poetry it is a word that means summer. Almost everything obvious about amazake turns out to be the opposite of what it looks lik...

This guide demystifies Japanese sake by explaining the two core variables: rice polishing ratios and added alcohol, helping readers navigate classifications from Junmai and Honjojo to premium Ginjo and Daiginjo.