By YOKO HIBINO/ Staff Writer
April 14, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Sightseers from Hong Kong visit Kyoto’s Fushimi Ward to enjoy Japanese sake on March 13, amid a boom in the popularity of rice wine abroad. (Yoko Hibino)
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