Main Production Areas Flashcards
What is Yamaguchi developed sake-brewing rice, a cross-breed of Kokuryo-miyako as its mother and Yamada Nishiki strain saikai No. 222?
Saito no Shizuku
What are the two main forces of Toji Guilds in Fukuoka Prefecture?
- Yanagawa Toji
- Mizuma Toji
Who contributed to help the Shizuoka sake breweries winning the highst number of prize the 1986 Annual Japan Sake Awards?
Denbei Kawamura
What is the percentage of specially designated sake and the nationwide ranking of Shizuoka Prefecture?
- 84%
- No. 9
What are the percentage of specially designated sake of Ishikawa Prefecture and ranking nationwide?
- 89%
- No. 6
What type of sake making did the Tanba Toji establish?
Kimoto-zukuri (生酛造り), the traditional sake-making method
What sake brewing rice was developed by cross-breeding Yamada Nishiki and Hanafubuki?
And for what reason?
- Hanaomoi
- for Ginjo shu (Hanafubuki was not suited for it though it makes excellent Junmai shu)
Which place established an innovative brewing method called Junsui-kobo-jouho (pure yeast brewing method, 純粋酵母醸法)and what era?
- HIrosaki in Aomori Prefecture
- Meiji Era
What is the percentage of national production of Gohyakumangoku in Niigata and its tonnage?
- about 45%
- 8,437 tons
In Edo Era why did the two production areas, Ikeda and Itami, in Hyogo shifted and to which area?
- Both Itami and Ikeda were inlands and required to transport the sake to a port to Edo where new demand for sake increased
- Nada took over as it was a port city and they were able to load the sake directly to the vessles to Edo (Tokyo)
In terms of the rice used in its sake brewing, what is its sake brewing rice sufficiency?
“Self sufficient”
(producing the rice enough to make the sake without having to import the rice)
With much of its sake enjoyed by tourists, which prefecture has the production and consumption of sake in the prefecture virtually equal?
Tochigi Prefecture
List the average Nihonshu sales per adult by prefecture (in liters) and the top four prefecture
- National Average: 4.0 Liter
1. Niigata 8.7 L
2. Akita 7.3 L
3. Yamagata 6.5 L
4. Fukushima 6.3 L
Which prefecture dominated the top ranks at the first sake competition held in 1907?
Hiroshima Prefecture led by Hiroshima Toji and Senzaburo Miura
What prefecture has a major city where its suburbs have active sake breweries?
Aichi Prefecture
Nagoya City is one of the three major metropolitan centers
What type of toji is the **Noto Toji **of Ishikawa Prefercture?
Finsherman-type of toji
What sake brewing rice was developed at the Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center located in Fukuoka by cross breeding Yamada Nishiki as the mother and Saikai No. 222 as the father?
Gin no Sato (very suitable for brewing ginjo-shu thus its name)
In what era the sake brewing started in Hyogo Prefecture and why?
- Muromachi Period (1336-1573)
- Shortage of sake in Kyoto
- Transport system to Kyoto had been developed
Which prefecture is synonymous with the type of sake as described below:
“Sweet fragrance of ethyl caproate brewed with CEL yeast in recent years”
Kochi Prefecture
During Kanzukuri, cold weather brewing method, estableshed late in the Edo period, seasonal workers from Ishikawa Prefecture were on demand in other parts of Japan and dispatched through an agency based in Otsu in Omi (present day Shiga Prefecture).
What was the agency name and what were the workers called?
- Noto-ya
- Noto-shu
Which brand of sake became popular from Aichi Prefecture during the Edo Era?
Oni Koroshi (Dragon Slayer) became popular because of its high alcohol content
What is the percentage of Omachi grown of the nation wide production in Okayama Prefecture?
Over 90%
The Yamaguchi Industrial Technology Center has been developing its original strains of kobo (yeasts)
Name the yeasts (4)
- Yamaguchi-Sakura Yeast (collected from cherry blossoms)
- Yamaguchi Yamahai Yeast (generates abundant amino and other acides. suitable for kimoto-zukuri and yamahai-zukuri
- Yamaguchi 9H Yeast (suitable for ginjo-shu making)
- Yamaguchi 9E Yeast (high fermentation powers)
Who initiated to have the following types of sake at which place:
* Gozen-shu (sake for meals 御膳酒)
* Natsugori-shu (frozen sake 夏氷酒)
* Nindo-shu (herbal sake 忍冬酒)
* Kuwa-shu (mulberry sake 桑酒)
Lord Date Masamune at his Sendai Castle
Which prefecture except for Hokkaido is the only prefecture with three or more estuaries of Class A rivers?
Okayama Prefecture
What are the top two Shuzo Koteki Mai in Nara Prefecture?
- Tsuyu Hakaze 103 tons
- Yamada Nishiki 102 tons
Which prefecture has the most number of sake breweries?
Niigata Prefecture
What sake brewing rice was gamma-ray mutated to create Miyama Nishiki in 1978?
Takane Nishiki
Around 6th century, which prefecture was recorded to hagve shipped a tribute sake, “sumizake (origin of clear sake)”, to the Nara Imperial Court?
Nagato and Suo in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Which two prefectures produces so many varieties of sake-brewing rice?
- Hyogo Prefecture
- Yamagata Prefecture
Which prefecture is known as “Ginjo Kingdom”?
Yamagata Prefecture
Which prefecture has the traditional sake district of Aizu as well as Nakador and Hamadori producing high quality sake?
Fukushima Prefecture
More and more breweries shifted from traditional toji workers to what types of Toji (2)?
- Brewery-owner Toji
- Employee Toji
What prefecture is the northen most prefecture of cultivation of Yamada Nishiki?
Miyagi Prefecture
Which prefecture has the Shirakami mountain range, a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Aomori Prefecture
Which area boasts the second largest producer of sake after Nada (in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture)?
Fushimi of Kyoto
What was the first** prefecture ** to be designated as a geographical indication (GI and in what year/month?
- Yamagata Prefecture
- December 2016 (only one year after Japan as a nation to be GI designated in 2015 December)
How many number of sake breweries are located. in Niigata Prefecture and what is the rank nationwide?
- 98 breweries
- No. 1
What are the top five shuzo koteki mai production in Tochigi?
- Yamada Nishiki 986 tons
- Gohyakumangoku 289 tons
- Yume-sasara 123 tons
- Hito-gokochi 55 tons
- Tochigi-sake 14 29 tons
What Toji Guild initially supported Shizuoka’s sake brewering in its ealy history before the Showa Era?
Shida Toji
Which prefecture has such a plentiful snow melt water that it has **1.4 times ** the average waterfall nationwide?
Toyama Prefecture
Of the rice production, what was the production volume in ton of Yamada Nishiki in Hyogo and what does it account for in percentage of the national rice producution?
- 16,945 tons
- 60% of national rice production
Which prefecture grows more than 90% of the Omachi produced in all of Japan?
Okayama Prefecture
What are the two Omachi sake brewing rice vairieties produced in Hiroshima?
- Omachi 113 tons
- Koi Omachi 24 tons
produce a rich and robust full-bodied sake
What sake brewing rice contributed to establish Niigata’s high reputation as “Niigata Tanrei” for producing such a crisp and light-bodied sake?
Gohyakumangoku
Which prefecture breweries developed a high-temperature saccharification method to make moto to propagate pure culture yeast, which became popular for ginjo-shu brewing?
Breweries in Hiroshima Prefecture
In the late Meiji Era who devised the idea of “Yamahai Jikomi”, a process to eliminate the Moto-suri and tested in breweries in Aizu?
Kinichiro Kagi
Every since the Edo Period (1603-1868), which Toji group produced sake in Miyagi Prefecture?
Nanbu Toji, nearby toji, the largest sake guild in Japan
What is known as Japan’s oldest shubo (starter culture/yeast starter aslo known as Moto)?
Bodai-moto
To reflect the sake breweries in Kochi Prefecture are known for their strong collaboratory efforts, what sake-branding concept was established?
TOSA NAKAMASAKE (
Tosa Comradery Sake)
What was Dr Kinichiro Sakaguchi known for as related to the sake history of Nagano Prefecture?
Dr Kinichiro Sakaguchi authenticated the sake made in 1689, the oldest sake discovered in Japan in the early Showa Era in Saku City Nagano
What resulted in farm hands who were employed by landowners in Akita Prefecture during winter months have returned their home?
They continued to make sake after returning to home so home brewed Doburoku (sake without pressing) were produced
Which prefecture produces considerable amount of both sake and shochu?
Fukuoka Prefecture
Which prefecture successfully isolated now known as Kyokai Yeast No. 3, 4 and 5 during the Taisho era (1912-1926)?
Hiroshima Prefecture
Which prefecture has won the most gold medals at the Annual Japan Sake Awards for nine consecutive years from 2012 to 2021 ?
Fukushima Prefecture
70% of the sake production in this prefecture is by one major sake-brewing company. Name the prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
(Asahi Shuzo’s Dassai only makes specially designated sake Junmai daiginjo, total sales 2nd only aftr Hakutsuru and higher than Gekkeikan)
What are the top four Shuzo Koteki Mai production (2020) in Toyama Prefecture?
- Gohyakumangoku 4,017 tons
- Ecchu Yamada Nishiki (recently branded Yamada Nishiki) at 554 tons
- Oyama Nishiki (Toyama developed) 454 tons
- **Tomi no Kaori **31 tons
What is the ranking of Fukushima Prefecture of sake production in Japan?
6th nationwide next to Akita
Which company located in which area invented Japan’s first power driven rice polishing machine, which made higher grade polishing possible and opened a path to ginjo-shu brewing?
Satake Corporation in HIgashihirosima
Traditionally what Okayama based Toji was good at making light-bodied sake rich in umami?
Bicchu Toji
What is sake brewing rice sufficiency/capacity status of Yamaguchi Prefecture in terms of sake rice production over sake brewing?
“Sake rice importing”
mainly due to Dassai is only made with Yamada Nishiki with overwheliming production volume
Which prefecture is known to have its sake making recorded during Nara Era in a poem of the ancient text of Manyoshu?
Toyama Prefecture
Which area (2) in Hyogo iniitally started to provide sake to Kyoto in Muromachi Period? What was the sake called in Kyoto in those days?
- Itami
- Ikeda
- Non-Kyoto sake
In which area of Kyoto there are many large breweries producing more than 10,000 Kaku (1 kaku = 180 liter) of many widely distributed types of sake?
Fushimi
What is the national average of specially designated sake rice (%) out of all sake brewing rice made?
40%
In which era sake was made in the Imperial Court in Kyoto and in what period Sake No Tsukasa office was established to oversee the brewing operations?
- Heian Period (749-1185)
- By the ninth century
Define Toji (杜氏)
- The top brewing expert and chief executive of production at a sake brewery
- Responsible for directing and overseeing his team of kurabito
What was the name of sake that served to Hideyoshi Toyotomi during Hanami, cherry blossom viewing) season?
“Kaga no Kikuzake”
What is the sake brewing rice sufficiency status of Niigata?
“Self-sufficient”
Which prefecture has the following sake characteristics:
“The sea side breweries has a dry, light-bodied type with a clear taste that pairs well with fresh fish. some of the sake from the mountain side is full-bodied with a robust finish”?
Toyama Prefecture
Name the top four shuzo koteki mai produced in Kochi Prefecture
- Gin no Yume 273 tons (accounts for 80% of the total sake rice production)
- Tosa Urara 43 tons
- Yamada Nishiki 26 tons
- Kaze Naruko 7 tons
Following the success of Shizuoka Yeast, how did the Prefecture develop its own original sake rice and what name was it given?
- Irradicating Yamada Nishiki thereby producing a mutant strain
- Homerefuji, recognized as the Shizuoka Prefecture’s unified sake brand
Which area in Fukushima Prefecture nearly half of the breweries are located?
Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata Region
Out of sake production volume in Japan (in 2020), what is the ratio (percentage) of the production of Hyogo and what is the ranking overall?
Out of specially designated sake volume in Japan, what is the ratio (percentage) of the production of Hyogo and what is the ranking overall?
- Approximately 30% of the total sake production: No. 1 ranking
- Around 21% of the speically designated sake : No. 1 ranking
What a strain of kobo cultured from the moromi at a brewery in Akita and was quickly distributed in the beginning of Showa Era (1912-1989)?
Kyokai Kobo No. 6
(became so popular that rendered other strains obsolete and became the ancestor of all Kyokai Kobo thereafter)
Name the three branches of Echigo Toji Guild
- Santo-nozumi Toji
- Kariha Toji
- Kubiki Toji
What is the climate of Miyagi Prefecure?
Pacific Ocean coastal climate
Which prefecture established the Prefectural Sake Brewing Laboratory, the first of its kind to the reseach of sake in the beginning of Showa Era?
Niigata Prefecture
What is a great horticultural soil, pumice from the upper part of Kanto Loam volcanic ash soil at the foot of the mountains in Tochigi called?
**Kanuma Soil **
List the national average and the top 3 continuous shochu sales by volume by prefecture (Liter)
- National average: 3.1 L
1. Hokkaido 6.5 L
2. Akita 6.1 L
3. Aomori 6.0 L
What did Miyagi Prefecture declared to have their sake known?
What made their Junmai-shu special?
- “Miyagi, the Land of Junmai-shu” in 1986
- “Now and Forever: Miyagi, Land of Junmai-shu”
- Using 100% Miyagi produced Sasanishiki
What contributed to Chita Peninsula to thrive in sake brewing during the Edo Period?
- Low temperatures relative to the area suited to sake brewing
- Closer sea route compared to other sake brewing areas such as Nada and Itami
Which prefecture ranks 5th in Japan for production volume of Shuzo Koteki Mai?
Okayama Prefecture at 4,029 tons
What is the ranking nationwide of Toyama Prefecture of the production of Shuzo Koteki Mai?
No. 6 in Japan
How did the sake brewing start in Miyagi prefecture?
Lord Date Masamune brought in Sake brewing artisans from Nara to produced sake for him around 1580s - 1600s
What is the name of brand sake brewing rice of Gohyakumangoku in Toyama Prefecture?
Nanto City produced Gohyakumangoku
Which prefecture developed Mahoroba Hana Kobo series:
* Hana Kobo
* Gin Kobo
* Jun Kobo
* Kaguwa Kobo
Aomori Prefecture
What was the origin of Sannai Toji in Akita Prefecture?
Farm hands were employed by landowners. to produce sake during idle winter months
What is sake rice sufficiency status of Nara Prefecture?
“Sake Rice Importing”
A large portion of its sake-brewing rice is purchased from other prefectures
List the top 10 total sake production (kl) by prefecture
- Hyogo: 91,621 kl
- Kyoto: 55,262 kl
- Niigata: 24,964 kl
- Saitama: 17,378 kl
- Akita: 11,744 kl
- Fukushima
- Aichi
- Yamanashi
- Yamaguchi
- Tochigi
What are the top 3 sake brewing rice in Miyagi Prefecture?
- Kura no Hana 928 tons
- Miyama Nishiki 146 tons
- Yamada Nishiki 47 tons
Which prefecture is said to be the birthplace of sake?
Nara Prefecture
Who brought back an unusual ear of rice he found a visit to Hoki-Daisen and cultivated in his farm at the end of Edo Period?
Jinzo Kishimoto from Omachi Village in Okayama Prefecture
What sake brewing rice was created unexpectedly at the Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center in Fukuoka by cross breeding Hokuriku No. 160 as its mother and Chikushi No. 6 (later renamed as Yume Tsukushi)?
Yume Ikkon
What were the reasons of Toji decrease(4)?
- Sake consumtion peaked at 1973 and keeps dedlining
- Farmers/Fishermen finding jobs in factories
- Breweries consider a risk to outsource their workers
- Brewerins finding it more as a finaial burden
What prefecture is one of the top prefectures in Japan in terms of sake consumption and ranks 5th in production volume, also known as “kingdom of beautiful sake”?
Akita Prefecture
What is the ranking of Aichi Prefecture in the volume of sake produced?
No. 7
What is Miyagi Prefecture’s sake rice production sufficiency?
Sake brewing rice self-sufficient
Aomori Prefecture has two distinct climates. Describe
- The sea of Japan side with significant snow - Hirosaki
- The Pacific side with fine weather - Hachinohe
What are the top 2 Shuzo Koteki Mai produced in Shizuoka Prefecture?
- Yamada Nishiki 489 tons
- Homarefuji 168 tons
In which of the following regions nearly 40% of 98 breweries (nation’s top) in Niigata are located:
* Chuetsu (including Uonuma)
* Kaetsu (including Niigata City)
* Joestu and Sado Island
Chuetsu
What was “kudarizake”?
Sake produced in “Kamikata” area including Nada considered to be great rice-producing areas
During the Muromachi Period a koji makers’ guild was located at a shrine in Kyoto had exclusive rights to make and sell koji. Name the koji guild and the shrine
- Koji-za (later collapsed)
- Kitano Shrine
What was a model Shizuoka Prefecture settled into as far as establishing sake breweries?
Built breweries closer to the consumers rather than the production area along the old highway in the Edo Period
Define Kurabito(蔵人)
The brewery workers each with different responsibilities tha work under the toji
What is one of Japan’s top Toji Guild based in Ishikawa Prefecture?
Noto Toji
A characteristic of this prefecture’s sake brewing is the regular rice (table rice) is used in much of the sake production
Name the prefecture
- Miyagi Prefecture
Which sake brewing rice variety was developed in 1985 and became wildly popular (even though it is is cultivated solely in Yamagata Prefecture, it ranks 8th affer Ginpu)?
Dewasansan
While the most of the toji today are either employees of similarly privileged contractors of sake breweries, originally what type of workers were Toji?
Technical experts who worked independently from the breweries as seasonal workers
What is Toji group originally from the areas around Nankoku city, Kochi Prerecture?
Tosa Toji
Which sake brewing rice was developed intended for ginjo-shu in Toyama in late Showa Era?
**Oyama Nishiki **(Hidahomare X Akita Sake No. 33)
Which prefecture calls itself “Sunny Country” and is perfect for cultivating Omachi which is a late-maturing variety?
Okayama Prefecture
This prefecture accounts for 30% of the total sake production in Kyusyu
Fukuoka Prefecture
What made the breweries in Fushimi to thrive in the Meiji Period (1868-1212) (2)?
- Quick to shift transportation goods. to trains from cargo vessels
- Taking scientific approach to brewing and improving the quality
As the popularity of ginjo-shu grew, demands for more highly polished rice increased and in 1995 Nagano Prefecture Sake Brewer Association united the previous five rice polishing factories into one and built the state of the art polishing rice factory in Shinano-Omachi. What is this factory called>
Alps Rice Polishing Factory
What area of Fukuoka prefecture has been recognized as quite suitable for cultivating Yamada Nishiki and became its own brand?
“Itoshima” Yamada Nishiki
What sake brewing rice has Yamada Nishiki as its mother and Miyama Nishiki as its father?
Misato Nishiki, mainly culitvated in Misato-cho and won the gold medal at the Annual Japan Sake Awards
Which area in Toyama Prefecture is nicknamed as “Nature-made Fishtank”?
Toyama Bay
Which prefecture has by far the highest production ratio of junmai-shu (93%), ranking first in Japan?
Yamaguchi Prefecture
What advance technique Nada was able to use to polish rice (traditionally by foot treading)?
Generating hydropower from Mt. Rokko’s streams with waterwheels
What combination of rice and moto-making method produces the sake with the following quality:
“Full-bodied, sake that goes wll with rich foods such as French cuisinem which uses buttery sauces, dairy and meats”
Soft rice such as Yamada Nishiki and Hyogo Kita Nishiki and Kimoto-zukuri (a traditional moto-making method)
Who started a brewery in the town of Akitsu in Higashihiroshima City, established a production method of. strong koji with high enzymatic activity, and a low temperature, long fermentation brewing method that was well suited to the soft water of Hiroshima?
Senzaburo Miura, established the foundation of ginjo-zukuri brewing method and spreading the techinuque to other breweries in Hiroshima and led Hiroshima Toji to great prosperity
Which prefecutre’s sake can be described as “Clear and dry sake quality goes well with its seafoods?
Miyagi Prefecture
Which prefecture has the fourth most number of sake breweries?
Fukuoka Prefecture (69 breweries after Niigata, Hyogo and Nagano)
Which prefecture’s sake was the driving force behind the ginjo-shu boom during the Heiisei era (1989-2019)?
Niigata Prefecture
What are the two Yamada Nishiki sake brewing varieties produced in Hiroshima Prefecture?
- Yamada Nishiki 972 tons
- Senbon Nishiki (improved strain of Yamada Nishiki that Hiroshima developed ) 139 tons
producing sake with a mellow and distinct flavor