[Image1]Across the street from the school is Koujiya Hachioji, a shop specializing in rice koji. Rice koji i
[Image2]Across the street from the school is Koujiya Hachioji, a shop specializing in rice koji. Rice koji i
[Image3]Across the street from the school is Koujiya Hachioji, a shop specializing in rice koji. Rice koji i

Across the street from the school is Koujiya Hachioji, a shop specializing in rice koji. Rice koji is rice malt made by cultivating fungi on cooked rice, and it is used in many Japanese dishes. It was very cold in Hachioji today, so I ordered a hot rice koji smoothie. Its gentle sweetness warmed my chilled body and left me feeling refreshed. In Japan, both adults and children often drink amazake, made from rice malt, during winter. When I tell foreign students this, they are surprised and ask, "Children drink sake too?" Amazake is called “sake,” but some varieties contain no alcohol. Please give it a try.

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