武侯祠
A bottle that has been sitting in the fridge for a while. This is the first rice called Ginpu. I looked it up and found that it is a Hokkaido rice born in 2000 and seems to be a child of Hachitan-Nishiki. I thought it was a rare sake rice, but according to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, it is one of the top 10 sake rice in Japan.
Yamadanishiki ranks first, followed by Gohyakumangoku and Miyamanishiki, the top three, and then Omachi, a rice produced in several prefectures. After that, there are many locally produced rices that are produced in specific prefectures and used in large quantities: Akita Sake Komachi from Akita Prefecture, Hachitan Nishiki from Hiroshima, Hitogokochi from Nagano, Dewa Sanzan from Yamagata Prefecture, and Ginpu from Hokkaido are the ninth most popular. I looked for Aizan and found it at number 13, Hyogo.
Looking at the list, one can see that each prefecture produces its own Yamadanishiki and Gohyakumangoku, but all the other prefectures are engaged in friendly competition to produce their own representative sake rice. I would like to continue drinking sake so that everyone can succeed in their endeavors.
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/seisaku_tokatu/kikaku/attach/pdf/sake_r5seisan-2.pdf
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