Highlights

• Naturally sweet drink made from fermented rice
• Made from two simple and natural ingredients: rice and koji
• Similar to sweet condensed milk

Amazake is a refreshingly sweet fermented rice drink that is slightly thick with a luxuriously smooth taste. Often offered at Shinto shrines as part of the New Year celebrations, it can also be enjoyed any time of year. Using a process similar to making sake, koji (aspergillus oryzae mold) is combined with cooled whole grain rice to create a naturally sweet, non-alcoholic drink. This special amazake is made from carefully selected rice from Kyushu and 100 year old rice koji. No other preservatives, sugar, nor salt is added. Expert craftsmen monitor the rice and water quality, temperature and humidity, which leads to a pure and natural tasting amazake.