Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo (兵庫)
- Rice type
- Yamada Nishiki (山田錦)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 70%
- Alcohol content
- 18.5%
This Nama Genshu is part of the "Sawanotsuru Craftsmanship Series - Hyakunin No Kikisakeshi" (100人の唎酒師) that uses an advanced filtration technique they call "ultrafiltration", to ensure that the original taste of the sake is preserved, by removing most of the enzymes (proteins), thus guaranteeing a richer flavour. As it is unpasteurized, it has the taste and aroma of freshly squeezed sake, which can be maintained over a long period. It is brewed using Yamada Nishiki from Banshu and Miyamizu, an essential ingredient in Nada's sake brewing, using the most traditional sake brewing method, Kimote-zukuri.
Sawanotsuru Sake Museum (沢の鶴資料館)
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Sawanotsuru Brewery
- Name in Japanese
- 沢の鶴
- Address
- 5-1-2 Shinzaike Minamimachi, Nada Ward, Kobe, Hyōgo 657-0864
- Phone
- 078-881-1234
- Website
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1717年創業。神戸・灘 沢の鶴公式オンラインショップです。純米酒・米だけの酒にこだわり続け300年。人気の山田錦を始め、純米大吟醸、純米酒、大吟醸酒、本醸造酒など様々な日本酒と食品、雑貨通販でお買い求めいただけます。5,000円以上のお買い上げで送料無料。www.sawanotsuru.co.jp
Sawanotsuru Brewery is located in the Nada Ward of Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture, one of Japan's three major sake production areas. It was founded in 1717 by the first generation of rice merchants, who started brewing sake as a side business. Since then, the ability to judge rice has been passed down from generation to generation.
The brewery's name originates in Japanese mythology: when Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, was enshrined at Ise, a bird was heard singing in the stream at Izawa. When Yamatohime-no-Mikoto (倭姫命) inquired about the source of the singing, she found a pure white crane crying while holding an ear of rice. Isawatomi no Mikoto (伊佐波登美神) was deeply moved by the fact that even a bird could make a rice field and offer food to the kami and ordered Isawatomi no Mikami to brew sake from the ears of rice and offer it to the gods. The crane was henceforth called Otoshi no Kami (大歳神, God of the five grains). The story is based on the origin of the Iza-no-Miya shrine (a separate shrine granted the same status as the Ise Naiku).
In 2017, Sawanotsuru celebrated its 300th anniversary.
The brewery's name originates in Japanese mythology: when Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, was enshrined at Ise, a bird was heard singing in the stream at Izawa. When Yamatohime-no-Mikoto (倭姫命) inquired about the source of the singing, she found a pure white crane crying while holding an ear of rice. Isawatomi no Mikoto (伊佐波登美神) was deeply moved by the fact that even a bird could make a rice field and offer food to the kami and ordered Isawatomi no Mikami to brew sake from the ears of rice and offer it to the gods. The crane was henceforth called Otoshi no Kami (大歳神, God of the five grains). The story is based on the origin of the Iza-no-Miya shrine (a separate shrine granted the same status as the Ise Naiku).
In 2017, Sawanotsuru celebrated its 300th anniversary.
Sawanotsuru Sake Museum
This historical museum which preserves an old brewery has been designated an Important Tangible National Cultural Property by Hyogo Prefecture. Admission free.
1-29-1 Oishi-minamimachi, Nada-ku, Kobe
078-882-7788
Business hours 10:00-16:00
Closed on Wednesdays, the year-end and New Year holiday, and mid-August Obon holidays
www.sawanotsuru.co.jp
This historical museum which preserves an old brewery has been designated an Important Tangible National Cultural Property by Hyogo Prefecture. Admission free.
1-29-1 Oishi-minamimachi, Nada-ku, Kobe
078-882-7788
Business hours 10:00-16:00
Closed on Wednesdays, the year-end and New Year holiday, and mid-August Obon holidays
Sawanotsuru museum |Sawanotsuru corporate site
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