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When people outside Japan think about Japanese sake, Shiga may not be the first region that comes to mind. Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima, or Niigata may feel more familiar.Shiga is quieter. But Shiga is a very useful region for understanding sake. Located in central Japan, Shiga surrounds Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan. This lake shapes the region’s food culture, landscape, agriculture, and sense of place. So Shiga sake is not best understood as a coastal sake cu