Kitakata Sake

07 Fukushima

Junmai sake from Kitakata City and Nishiaizu Town, Fukushima, protected by the geographical indication "Kitakata". It is made from rice harvested in the area and very soft groundwater fed by heavy snow in the northern Aizu Basin; local brewing is traced back to a brewery recorded in 1631, and the standard mentions asparagus and Yamato soba as good matches.

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Reading きたかたのにほんしゅ
Romanization kitakata sake

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