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Yatagarasu純米吟醸生酒
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田中 楽
April 2019, as the fifth drink of the day at Tora Vigilante in Shibuya. The brewer is Kitaoka Honten Co. in Yoshino-cho, Nara Prefecture. Yatagarasu is a three-legged crow, the symbol of the Japan Football Association and is also depicted on the uniform of the Japanese national team. According to an Internet search, "The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan) state that "Kamu Yamato Iwarebiko (later Emperor Jinmu) marched through the mountains of Kumano and Yoshino on his way to the east, guided by a yatagarasu sent from heaven," and that it is "a crow of good fortune to lead him to victory. So it is named after Yoshino Town. https://www.kitaoka-honten.com/
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