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Inscription of “Traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan” on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
December 5, 2024
On December 5 (local time on December 4), 2024, the 19th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage being held in Asuncion, Republic of Paraguay, adopted a decision to inscribe “Traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan”, which was proposed by Japan, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.