{"id":1295,"date":"2018-05-11T14:09:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T05:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/history-here.com?page_id=1295"},"modified":"2018-05-11T14:09:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T05:09:44","slug":"chiyomidori-brewing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/chiyomidori-brewing","title":{"rendered":"Chiyomidori Brewing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chiyomidori Brewery was created during the Empo period (1673\u20131681) in the early Edo era. Seeking water and rice suitable for brewing, J\u00fbemon the First moved from Kyoto to Akita. One day in the early summer, inspired by the landscape around his brewery, he composed the following haiku<\/em> (Japanese poem):<\/p>\n

Wakaba hayuru shiho no yamayama Chiyomidori<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe everlasting green of young leaves are vividly shining on the surrounding verdant mountains.\u201d<\/p>\n

The representative sak\u00e9 brand of the brewery, Chiyomidori, was named after this poem.<\/p>\n

Since then, the brewery was rebuilt a number of times due to a fire during the Boshin War (1868\u20131869) and other reasons. The current building dates back to the early Showa period in the second quarter of the 20th century. The current head of the brewery is the 18th generation.<\/p>\n

The Ky\u00f4wa District of Daisen City lies in the Senboku plains, which comprise the largest rice-producing region in Akita Prefecture. The conditions of the area are perfect for brewing. It has a clean environment with a thick snow cover and cold temperatures in the winter. The Karamatsu Shrine, which is a well-known shrine at which hopeful soon-to-be parents pray for safe childbirth, is located across the street from the brewery. Approximately 40,000 people visit the shrine each year. The shrine has an approach lined with Japanese cedar trees that are more than 350 years old. It has an exceptional structure; while most shrines establish their main buildings on higher grounds, this building is built on lower land than the entrance. Thus, visitors must walk down the approach. Around 1900, production at a nearby Arakawa mine was at its peak, and casks full of sak\u00e9 were carried there in carts on a daily basis. During that time, Chiyomidori Brewery also reached its highest production period. Such prosperities at the mine can be seen at the Taiseikan Museum. This brewery uses purely cultivated yeast based on the idea that the flavor of sak\u00e9 is mainly determined by the quality of the rice, yeast, and water used during the brewing process. AK-1 (\u201cAkitaryu hanakobo\u201d) and K-9 are the yeasts mainly used at this brewery. It is said that even if the same types of rice and yeast are used, each brewery creates its own unique taste. Yeast fungi float in the air or inhabit fruits and nectar, but some types, called kuratsuki k\u00f4bo<\/em> (\u201cbrewery-attached yeast\u201d), have lived on the ceiling boards, ceiling joists, and mud walls of breweries for a long time. Every brewery produces different types of kuratsuki k\u00f4bo<\/em>, and each set creates a scent and taste that are unique to each brewery. By getting into the brewing tanks, the kuratsuki k\u00f4bo<\/em> add an extra flavor to the sak\u00e9, which makes the sak\u00e9 characteristic of the brewery. The brewery\u2019s main building is more than 90 years old. Throughout its history, the skills of the workers and the quality of the kuratsuki k\u00f4bo <\/em>have developed alongside one another. Today, these two heritages collaborate to create the high-quality sak\u00e9 of Chiyomidori.<\/p>\n

In 2012, kuratsuki k\u00f4bo MS3<\/em> (yeast separated from kuratsuki kobo<\/em>) was discovered behind a thick joist of the brewery\u2019s fermentation room; it is currently used to brew junmai daiginj\u00f4<\/em>, junmai ginj\u00f4<\/em>, and junmaishu<\/em>. In addition, the head brewer, who is also the managing director, is aiming to improve and diversify the qualities of the brewery\u2019s sak\u00e9. He brews not only classic junmai ginj\u00f4<\/em> but also sak\u00e9 with a fruity, fresh flavor. This brewery is currently creating sak\u00e9 that meets consumers\u2019 needs by adopting new types of yeast developed by the brewing laboratory, such as types scented like apples and bananas. At the same time, however, the mellow, mild flavor of Chiyomidori continues to be maintained by the kuratsuki bunri k\u00f4bo <\/em>MS3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chiyomidori Brewery was created during the Empo period (1673\u20131681) in the early Edo era. Seeking water and rice suitable for brewing, J\u00fbemon the First moved from Kyoto to Akita. One day in the early summer, inspired by the landscape around his brewery, he composed the following haiku (Japanese poem): Wakaba hayuru shiho no yamayama Chiyomidori … Continue reading Chiyomidori Brewing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":414,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1295","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9gCtR-kT","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295\/revisions\/1296"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}