Sake from Nara Prefecture (Sake by Region)
In comparison to the giant sake centers of Nada and Fushimi, the other areas in the Kansai are mere dwarfs. That does not mean you won't find excellent sake there - especially Nara Prefecture boasts some great local makers.
There is one more important factor in Nara: it is after all where sake originated, the historical heartland of sake so to speak, and the ancient Omiwa Shrine is intimately linked to sake. The brew was handed down to mankind by the deity of the shrine and continues to be offered to him as a way of thanksgiving.
[Monument to Bodaimoto in Shoryakuji Temple, Nara]
"Umazake," "delicious sake" is employed as an epithet for the Omiwa Shrine in the Manyoshu. The term "miwa" was used to designate sake in the past, just as "miki." The Omiwa Shrine holds an annual Sake Matsuri on November 14, when brewers come to pray for a successful brewing season. One of its sub-shrines is dedicated to the mythical "First Master Brewer," Takahashi Ikuhi.
The cedar trees in the shrine grounds provide materials for making sakabayashi (also called sugidama), the globes of green cedar twigs and needles hung under the eaves of breweries in autumn when the new brewing season starts - when the first sake of the year is ready for drinking in spring, the globe has changed to brown.
It was in the 7th c. in the palace in Nara that a brewing department was first established. Later, in the Muromachi period, monasteries started brewing sak...
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