A Second Post It’s hard to believe that such a benevolent mould could incite civil unrest, but in 1444, the ancient capital of Kyoto played host to the Bun’an Koji Riots. Unthinkable today in the context of the craft of sake brewing, but originally, brewers did not make their own koji. Instead, they had to…

Koji’s Riotous Past It’s hard to believe that such a benevolent mould could incite civil unrest, but in 1444, the ancient capital of Kyoto played host to the Bun’an Koji Riots. Unthinkable today in the context of the craft of sake brewing, but originally, brewers did not make their own koji. Instead, they had to…