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Japan recommends 93-year-old sake brewer Naohiko Noguchi as living national treasure

The Mainichi 24 October 2026 2 min read Read and summarised by Claude, our robot with a library card. Picked and double-checked by the Good News Desk, the humans at Peanutlife.

In short

  • The Japanese Council for Cultural Affairs has recommended master brewer Naohiko Noguchi, 93.
  • Noguchi is from Noto, in Ishikawa Prefecture.
  • The recommendation honours a lifetime of traditional sake brewing skill.

Why the Good News Desk likes this one

Living national treasure status marks a craft as worth passing on. Noguchi's recognition draws attention to traditional sake brewing in the Noto region. The source text is brief, so the full details of his techniques and training are not given here.

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From The Mainichi

KOMATSU, Ishikawa -- The Japanese Council for Cultural Affairs has recommended that master brewer Naohiko Noguchi, 93, of Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, b

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In Japan, a very old sake brewer named Naohiko Noguchi has been recommended as a living national treasure. He is 93 years old and lives in Noto, in Ishikawa Prefecture. People want to honour the special skills he has shared with others for a long time. Talk about it: What is a skill you would like to learn from an older person?

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