くるま麩
Kawachinagano City, Osaka Prefecture, on the occasion of sightseeing
This sake is named after "Amano-shu" which was famous as a monk's cellar sake in medieval Japan.
The one we purchased is said to be sold only at a sake brewery. It is refreshingly dry, and I enjoyed it as an in-between-dinner drink.
Amano is the name of a place in the western part of Kawachinagano City, and Kongoji Temple, where the monk's house sake was made, is still located there today. I went there as a tourist and was surprised to see sake being sold at the shrine office. I was also impressed to see a Bizen ware pot used for sake brewing in the monk's quarters, which is the same as the one in the photo inserted in Mr. Kinichiro Sakaguchi's book "Sake in Japan".
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