NIIGATA, Japan -- Japanese sake brewers have found that bigger is not better when it comes to bottles, the largest of which have fallen out of favor as people drink less.
Pubs and consumers struggle to finish 1.8-liter containers as drinking habits change

A lineup of traditional 1.8-liter sake bottles at a store in Niigata in January. (Photo by Miho Saito)
NIIGATA, Japan -- Japanese sake brewers have found that bigger is not better when it comes to bottles, the largest of which have fallen out of favor as people drink less.