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Hokkaido brewers unearth rice wine aged under snow

Sake brewers of Takasagoshuzo Inc. open the lid of a container after digging it out of the snow in Biei, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 2, 2015. The storage tank contains this year's new brew of rice wine, which had matured in the snow for about 100 days, a process said to create a smoother texture for the liquor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido brewers unearth sake aged under snow

The chief brewer (R) and a fellow worker of Japanese sake brewery Takasagoshuzo Inc. retrieve this year's new brew of rice wine from a container buried under the snow in Biei, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 2, 2015. The sake had matured in the snow for about 100 days, a process said to create a smoother texture for the liquor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fresh rice wine squeezed out in Hokkaido ice dome

Workers at Takasagoshuzo Inc., a sake brewery in Asahikawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, squeeze out fresh rice wine in an ice dome on Jan. 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo