The origin of Sake

Do you know the origin of Sake?

The origin is very very old.
Sake brewing is featured by Koji. Here, I will finish in the description so light on koji described in detail later.Koji is one of the most important in the brewing. No koji, NO sake!! OK?
When was the prototype of sake koji sake made ​​from rice and koji did the appearance does not know the exact place.The history of alcohol is as old as it. Since meal ready to eat dried, the meal was damp in water and mold grew, alcohol is made to build using it and there is also an opinion of having held the party in the alcohol.

Although it is floating in the air or has adhered to straw etc., an aspergillus will be increased making a spore come into bud there, and building a fungal thread, and also carrying out adhesion of many spores, if washed up on the boiled rice or the steamed rice.
Since an aspergillus produces enzyme, especially amylase so much, secretes it outside of the body and leaves it in rice malt in it, the starch of rice is saccharified and changes to grape sugar.