It's rosemary sea, which supplies "gifts and enjoy yourself."
Hakutsuru Ginza Style (HAKUTSURU GINZA STYLE), who always introduces seminars, is located in the Tokyo branch office building of Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. headquartered in Kobe.
This time, we introduce "Hakuzuru Ginza Tenku Farm" on the roof of this Ginza building.
As part of disseminating sake, Hakutsuru Sake Brewery has created "Hakutsuru Ginza Tenku Farm" as a project to make rice on the roof of the Tokyo branch office building since 2007, and cultivated its own sake rice "Hakutsuru Nishiki". I am working on it.
This year, "Hakuzuru Nishiki", which was planted in June, grew steadily, and the harvest time has come.
Today (October 14) is the long-awaited rice harvesting.
This time, Hakutsuru Ginza Tenku Farm Manager: Mr. Asami Oda and Mr. Matsushita, Deputy General Manager of Sales Division, Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.
Here, about Hakutsuru Sake Brewery's original sake rice "Hakutsuru Nishiki" ...
In order to develop excellent sake rice, the breeding of Hakutsuru Nishiki was started to elucidate the excellent characteristics of Yamada Nishiki, the best varieties of sake rice, and to develop even better sake rice.
In 1995, we started crossing the variety "Wataribune", the father of Yamada Nishiki, and the mother "Yamadabo", and registered the excellent variety as "Hakutsuru Nishiki" in 2007.
What is an excellent sake rice (sakamai)?
The preferred properties include "large grain", "low protein and fat", "large white heart", and "high absorption rate".
What is "Shinpaku"?
It refers to the starch in the center of rice suitable for sake brewing, the part that looks white and opaque.
The starch tissue is coarse, so it looks white.
And the features of "Hakuzuru Nishiki" are ...
Compared to Yamada Nishiki, the number of grains and heart whites is similar to that of Yamada Nishiki.
Therefore, the taste when you drink it is deep.
The weather on this day stopped raining and cloudy. It's miraculous.
After the greetings of the farm manager, Miss Sake, the signal of the farm manager is to harvest rice and start.
The rice is harvested from the sake rice "Hakuzuru Nishiki".
It is the harvest of rice, which is a raw material for sake.
The following week, leaving the amount of the elementary school students to cut, four sections.
Everyone who wishes to harvest rice has been harvested with a prepared sickle.
It is said that about 110 people came today.
Rice is gradually harvested, cheering from couples, friends, and parents and children.
When Miss Sake begins to mow, Mr. Kotano makes fun of it.
The composition of the customer to make it easier.
There is no laughing around the man's farm manager.
Eventually, we had a photo session around Miss Sake and Farm Manager.
Well, this is an interview with Mr. Kotano.
"I hope you can make use of rice harvesting as an experience.
It's rice harvesting in Ginza.
Rice grows as usual.
I would like to cut it before it rains."
We also interviewed Miss Sake.
2017 Miss Sake (Miss Sake) and Rinno Tanaka.
"In June, we planted rice with elementary school students here.
I've been looking forward to harvesting rice this time.
I'm glad it didn't rain today."
"Miss sake was chosen in March of this year for a one-year term.
We are working to convey the traditional culture of Japan and abroad through sake.
I'm from Osaka, but now I'm in Tokyo."
We also interviewed a mother with an infant who has just finished harvesting rice.
"I came from Koto-ku.
In June this year, I experienced rice planting for the first time.
I planted it just around here.
It's a valuable experience to be able to harvest rice in Tokyo.
The child is muddy."
Immediately after, my child fell in a puddle and said, "I thought I would do it (laughs)."
The rice is harvested in about 30 minutes, and it is finished safely. The rice goes to the drying stage.
I can't wait for it to become a fine sake "Hakuzuru Nishiki".
Everyone who came here will have dinner in the building after this.
Shiratsuru Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. Tokyo Branch Office
5-12-5, Ginza
It's a building opposite the traffic light corner of Kabukiza.
03-3543ー0721
Click here for the website of Hakutsuru Sake Brewery.
⇒ http://www.hakutsuru.co.jp/