Beer in Japan
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Beer in Japan mostly comes from the country's four major breweries—Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo and Suntory—which mainly produce pale lagers around 5% ABV. Beer is widely consumed in Japan, and is often desc
The Hakata brewery of Asahi, one of Japan's major brewing companies
Asahi at a restaurant in Osaka
Japanese rice
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Japanese rice refers to a number of short-grain cultivars of Japonica rice including ordinary rice and glutinous rice.
From left: brown rice, half-milled rice, white rice
A comparison between Koshihikari and Calrose cultivars. Koshihikari on the left, Calrose on the right.
Sushi by Hiroshige in Edo period
Rice cooker of the Edo period Fukagawa Edo Museum