By TAKESHI NAKASHIMA/ Staff Writer
October 20, 2023 at 07:30 JST
Tadashi Yanagita, president of Yanagita Distillery Co., displays a bottle of Aokage on Sept. 15 in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, after it won the top prize in a French sake contest. (Takeshi Nakashima)
MIYAKONOJO, Miyazaki Prefecture--A barley-based shochu called Aokage from a local distiller won the top President’s prize in the quality shochu and “awamori” Okinawan-style liquor category of the 2023 Kura Master competition in France. [Read More]
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