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Wow! On Forbes! Women in Sake Article

forbes press sake women-in-sake Oct 08, 2025

Wow! Whaaaat?! I'm on Forbes 😳 So thrilled to be featured together with Rumiko Obata and Fumiko Shintani. 🍶 Grateful to the amazing Margarita Gokun Silver for spotlighting 🇯🇵 Japanese women and 🍶 Sake, and for sharing our story. 💫

🇯🇵 Even in 2025, the gender gap is so real in Japan. Only about 25 out of 1,200 Sake breweries are headed by women tojis (master brewers). That's about 2%. We still have a long way to go — but we're changing that!

Read the full Forbes article: How Women Sake Masters Contribute to Preserving Tradition Amid Decline