Why should you take it?
Individuality of Ninohe selected as Champion Sake
Everyone has heard of the Nanbu Bijin brand at least once. Exported not only throughout Japan but also to 39 countries around the world, Nanbu Bijin is a sake brand that boasts a high level of recognition both in Japan and abroad. The sake that has propelled Nanbu Bijin to a global brand is Nanbu Bijin Special Junmai.
Upon opening the package, the rich, gentle rice and marshmallow-like aroma is so recognizable as Nanbu Bijin. On the palate, the elegant rice flavor spreads.
The sake rice is Ginotome, produced in Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture. The water is clean, medium-hard subsoil water from the Orizume-Basenkyo Gorge in Ninohe, and from wells on the brewery's premises. This sake is brewed by Ninohe's Nanbu Toji at a sake brewery in the same city. Visitors can experience the regional characteristics of Ninohe City through sake and enjoy an unforgettable moment of bliss.
Katsunari Sawada / KURA ONE® Owner
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Product
KURA ONE®Nanbubijin Tokubetsu-junmai (180ml)
This "Nanbubijin" is a Tokubetsu-junmai (pure rice) sake brewed by the collaboration of a sake brewery and local farmers, using the exclusive rice variety "Ginotome" from Iwate Prefecture, which has been polished luxuriously up to 45%. You can experience the ultimate terroir created by the rice from Ninohe, the pristine underground water from the Orizumebasenkyo in Ninohe's prefectural natural park, and the craftsmanship of Nanbutoji (sake brewer) from Ninohe at the brewery in Ninohe. It has a gentle fruity aroma, elegant rice flavor, and a refreshing aftertaste.
Brewer: Nanbubijin
Area：Ninohe / Iwate
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
Alcohol content: 15%.
Rice polishing ratio: 55
JAN: 4595644645190
(per can)
Size: 5.7 x 5.7 x 9.9 cm
Weight: 0.196 kg
Capacity: 180ml
Awards
IWC (UK) Champion Sake Award
Brewery
Nanbubijin
Nanbubijin was founded in 1902 in Ninohe City, present-day Iwate Prefecture, and has inherited the refined techniques and traditions of the Nanbu Toji, one of the top three toji clans in Japan. The name Nanbubijin, which is both the company name and representative brand name, was chosen in 1951 to express the company's desire to produce beautiful sake and to represent the region's wonderful nature and climate, known as "Nanbu no Kuni," in the midst of a nationwide trend toward sweet sake with a low rice polishing ratio and a lot of cloying taste.
Ninohe Terroir sake is made mainly from Iwate Prefecture's original rice suitable for sake brewing, brewed with subsoil water from Orizume-Basenkyo, a prefectural nature park, and carefully selected in the processes of koji, sake mother, moromi, shibori, and hi-ire, which bring out the characteristics of sake. It has won numerous awards in domestic and international competitions, and has been used in first and business class airline flights as well as at the G20 Summit.
Area
Ninohe / Iwate
Iwate Prefecture has the largest area in Honshu and is the most heavily forested prefecture in Honshu. There are few flat areas in the prefecture, and most of the land is covered by "mountains," an environment that fosters values of living in harmony with nature.
Ninohe City is located in the northernmost inland part of Iwate Prefecture and is about 90% hilly, with an average maximum temperature of 28.2°C in August and 1.7°C in January, and a cool climate throughout the year.
Ninohe City is famous for its domestic lacquer production. Domestic lacquer is used in the restoration of important cultural properties in Japan, 70% of which is "Joboji lacquer" collected in the Ninohe area.
The unique climate, with the lowest rainfall in Iwate Prefecture, allows for the cultivation of rice and cereals, and the production of brand-name poultry such as "Abedori" and " Saisaidori" raised in high-quality water, and brand-name meat such as "Tankakugyu," a lean Japanese beef raised in natural pastureland, also flourishes.
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The fine terroir produced in Ninohe
