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目次 Great ”sake” made by the underground water from Taisetsu Mountain“Otokoyama, with a history of about 350 years, originates in Itami, which is famous for the sake breweries. It is located by Taisetsu Mountain which has snow throughout the year, creating clear underground water from which the traditional premium sake continues to be made. The abundant water is also used by locals. The high quality and abundance of this medium hard water, is essential for making sake. Originally Hokkaido, unlike Tohoku, was not a large player in the sake industry. The owner comments in reflection, ”In this area, the foundation for sake brewing didn’t exist. So we had to figure it out through trial and error from rice selection and ”koji”, building up our knowledge.” |
”Kimoto Junmaishu” made by ”toji” master brewerOtokoyama studied under Nambu Toji from Iwate. ”Otokoyama Kimoto Junmai” is made using a traditional method, and uses carefully created ”kimoto”. |
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”Sake” varieties offering a wide range of different tastesAround 170,000 people visit the Information Center from within Japan and abroad, to learn the history of Otokoyama. The ”sake” that is only available for purchase here is very popular, and we were allowed to taste some. We had a mouthful of ”seishu” made with ”kimoto” and the rich fragrant fills spreads in out mouth. Nakata commented, ”It is very refreshing.” |
