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I often drink Tamanomitsu, but where did the sake name come from? I was curious and looked at the website...
The beautiful sake name "Tamanomitsu" was given to the brewery by its founder, Nakaya Rokuzaemon, a devotee of the Kumano Hayatama-taisha shrine. The sake was given the precious name "Tamano Hikari" (meaning "sake with shining balls") in the hope that the spirits of the main deities, Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, would be reflected, or "shine," reflecting the light of their spirits. In Japan, it is rare to receive the name of sake from the priest of a shrine.
The sake offered as omizake is inseparable from the shrine. Tama" means "shining spirit. It is a very good name that evokes the spirit of shining sake," said Akira Ueno, chief priest of Kumano Hayatama-taisha Shrine.
We are grateful for the invisible power that transcends human knowledge in brewing sake with human hands. This awe of nature is also reflected in the sake's name.
The sake is named after the sake brewer.
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