Recently, while consumption in Japan shows as declining tendency, consumption of sake, in particular, ginjoshu (high-quality sake brewed at low temperatures from rice grains milled to sixty percent weight or less) and junmai ginjoshu (ginjoshu with no added alcohol) in overseas market has been growing and it is known as "sake."
近年、日本国内での消費は減退傾向にある一方、アメリカ合衆国・フランスを中心とした海外市場では日本酒、とくに吟醸酒・純米吟醸酒の消費が拡大しており、「sake」として知られている。