Article 70SG3 Japan's sacred sake songs

Japan's sacred sake songs

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editors@theworld.org (Hannah Kirshner)
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The Terada Honke sake brewery is like a shrine to the microorganisms brewers must cooperate with to make sake. The workers there sing traditional songs as they pound steamed rice to make a fermentation starter with ambient yeast. Reporter Hannah Kirshner captures these rare sounds in an audio postcard and tells the story of why the owner brought back the old songs.

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