With over 1,500 sake breweries spread across Japan, authors Brian Ashcraft and Takashi Eguchi knew they would never have time to visit them all while writing ¡°The Japanese Sake Bible,¡± a deep dive into the nation¡¯s ubiquitous drink.

¡°I live in Kansai, so there¡¯s an embarrassment of riches when it comes to how many great breweries with history are here,¡± Ashcraft says. ¡°I visited well over 100 breweries across the country and Eguchi-san went to breweries in places like Brazil, Mexico and Taiwan. This was an expensive book to make.¡±

The Japanese Sake Bible, by Brian Ashcraft and Takashi Eguchi256 pagesTUTTLE PUBLISHING