For over 1000 years, sake has been produced from rice, grown in the Nara region of western Japan, & slowly fermented with special ' Koji' rice yeast & soft mineral water from Nara, to produce the unique & world famous drink from Japan, Sake. Choya sake is produced from locally grown rice in Nara Province which they guarantee to be entirely free of genetically-modified product. Sake is best enjoyed young & does not improve with age. Usually, sake is enjoyed warm, poured from the tokkuri (pourer), warmed in hot water, & sipped delicately from Sakazuki (Sake drinking cups), to be enjoyed with traditional Japanese foods, or even poured over ice as a western cocktail.