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- Dec 4, 202490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
UNESCO Lists Japanese Sake-Making as Intangible Cultural Heritage
- 'Traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan' was added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 4 December 2024 local time (5 December in Japan)[1]
- The decision, 19.COM 7.b.44, came at the committee's 19th session in Asunción, Paraguay, held 2-6 December 2024[2][3]
- Craftspeople use koji mould to turn the starch in grains into sugar, adjusting temperature and humidity so the mould grows in the right conditions[2]
- Chief brewers called toji lead brewery workers called kurabito, and the skills pass on through apprenticeships and regional and national brewers' organisations[2]
- Japan's Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi welcomed the inscription and congratulated all those who preserve and promote the practice[1]
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- [1]90%mofa.go.jp/press/release/pressite_000001_00789.htmlmofa.go.jp· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Dec 4, 2024 ✓· 33% of score
Japan's Foreign Ministry says the element 'was inscribed ... on December 5 (local time on December 4), 2024, at the 19th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee ... held in Asuncion, Republic of Paraguay.'
- [2]90%Traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritageich.unesco.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
UNESCO's[3] entry: inscribed in 2024 (19.COM, decision 19.COM 7.b.44) on the Representative List; chief brewers (toji) lead brewery workers (kurabito); sake is made from grains and water with koji mould converting starch to sugar.
- [3]85%19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee - UNESCOich.unesco.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
The committee's 19th session took place in Asunción, Paraguay, from Monday 2 to Friday 6 December 2024.[1]
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