Sake Recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage

About this episode

This episode discusses the recognition of sake by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Episode 182. In December of 2024 "Sake" received a special recognition from UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO is probably most famous for recognizing cultural heritage sites... like Mount Fuji or Himeji Castle. But in the case of of sake made with koji, it was recognized officially as an "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". How cool is that? While this is not exactly hot-off-the-presses breaking news, we wanted to take a moment ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Timothy Sullivan, John Puma

Topics covered

• sake
• UNESCO
• cultural heritage
• intangible cultural heritage
• koji

Keywords

• sake
• UNESCO
• cultural heritage
• koji
• intangible cultural heritage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UNESCO

Places: Mount Fuji, Himeji Castle

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