“People pay 700 yen for a glass of sake when they go out, but they don’t drink it at home,” said Hitoshi Utsunomiya, a board member of the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association. Although ...

five-star sushi restaurant has the effortless style and homely hideaway calm of a Japanese listening bar, prim décor and lines of hundreds of sake bottles sitting beneath immaculately balanced light.

And there are even associated customs in restaurant and bar settings. So if you're ordering the drink in Japan, make sure to brush up on sake etiquette first. If you order sake at a restaurant ...

For a Kentucky native who first landed in Japan on a business trip, Brian Hutto has carved out an impressive niche in Yokohama's sake scene. At Craft Sake Shoten, or "Brian's Bar," as regulars ...