Sake: A Sourcing Story

At Terada Honke, a 17th-century sake brewery in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, humans play only a supporting role. Follow Masaru Terada, the brewery’s 24th-generation owner and head sake brewer, on a tour of how sake is made there. You’ll glimpse an ancient, reverent process that relies on happy collaboration with (and even singing to!) powerful microbes to produce delicious results.