What is the term for a single sake brewery?

What is the term for a single sake brewery?

• A. Toji
• B. Koji
• C. Sake-ken
• D. Kura

Answer: (D)

In sake culture, kura is the place where sake is produced—the brewery itself. The word historically means storehouse, and it came to denote the actual brewery or the brand from that facility. Toji is the master brewer, the person who leads production, not the building. Koji is the mold-inoculated rice used to break down starches during fermentation. Sake-ken isn’t a standard term for a brewery. So the single sake brewery is best described as kura.

In sake culture, kura is the place where sake is produced—the brewery itself. The word historically means storehouse, and it came to denote the actual brewery or the brand from that facility. Toji is the master brewer, the person who leads production, not the building. Koji is the mold-inoculated rice used to break down starches during fermentation. Sake-ken isn’t a standard term for a brewery. So the single sake brewery is best described as kura.