"Sake" brewer begins preparations for fermentation

A worker stirs steamed rice and other materials in a tank prior to the fermentation process to brew "sake" rice wine at Otokoyama Co. in Asahikawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct. 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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